diff --git a/dev-python/python-efl/metadata.xml b/dev-python/python-efl/metadata.xml
index 8dca222b9693a..6f49eba8f4969 100644
--- a/dev-python/python-efl/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/python-efl/metadata.xml
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-<maintainer type="project">
-	<email>enlightenment@gentoo.org</email>
-	<name>Project Enlightenment</name>
-</maintainer>
+<!-- maintainer-needed -->
 </pkgmetadata>