diff --git a/dev-python/pybluez/metadata.xml b/dev-python/pybluez/metadata.xml
index 0334f65093e05..7ab1c610c0387 100644
--- a/dev-python/pybluez/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/pybluez/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-->
 	<longdescription>PyBluez is an effort to create Python wrappers around bluez to allow Python
 developers to use system bluetooth resources. It works on machines running the
 GNU/Linux operating system and the bluez bluetooth stack.</longdescription>