diff --git a/dev-python/girder-client/metadata.xml b/dev-python/girder-client/metadata.xml
index eedb195e5a4dc..8ad0b8a3bcc33 100644
--- a/dev-python/girder-client/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/girder-client/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>Gentoo Python Project</name>
-  </maintainer>
+  <!-- maintainer-needed -->
   <longdescription lang="en">
     Set of python libraries and a command-line tool that can
     be used to interact with the REST API of a Girder server.