diff --git a/dev-python/maintboot/metadata.xml b/dev-python/maintboot/metadata.xml
index 038d6ba9bc091..238ea5642ad3c 100644
--- a/dev-python/maintboot/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/maintboot/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="project">
-    <email>python@gentoo.org</email>
-    <name>Python</name>
-  </maintainer>
+  <!-- maintainer-needed -->
   <upstream>
     <remote-id type="pypi">maintboot</remote-id>
   </upstream>