diff --git a/dev-python/django-haystack/metadata.xml b/dev-python/django-haystack/metadata.xml
index c9dd3f5ca048f..9dd627b7aa6f2 100644
--- a/dev-python/django-haystack/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/django-haystack/metadata.xml
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-  <maintainer type="person">
-    <email>hanno@gentoo.org</email>
-  </maintainer>
+  <!--maintainer-needed-->
   <upstream>
     <remote-id type="pypi">django-haystack</remote-id>
   </upstream>