diff --git a/dev-python/coreschema/metadata.xml b/dev-python/coreschema/metadata.xml
index 187eee7c78948..d45b55897acd8 100644
--- a/dev-python/coreschema/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/coreschema/metadata.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-	<maintainer type="person">
-		<email>williamh@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>William Hubbs</name>
-	</maintainer>
+	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="pypi">coreschema</remote-id>
 	</upstream>