diff --git a/dev-python/aiopg/metadata.xml b/dev-python/aiopg/metadata.xml
index a1f468ab42..630abc02ed 100644
--- a/dev-python/aiopg/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/aiopg/metadata.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-	<maintainer type="person">
-		<email>piotr.staroszczyk@get24.org</email>
-		<name>Piotr Staroszczyk</name>
-	</maintainer>
+	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="github">aio-libs/aiopg</remote-id>
 		<maintainer>
diff --git a/dev-python/asyncpg/metadata.xml b/dev-python/asyncpg/metadata.xml
index 8c58d0aa2d..40fb272aab 100644
--- a/dev-python/asyncpg/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/asyncpg/metadata.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-    <maintainer type="person">
-        <email>piotr.staroszczyk@get24.org</email>
-        <name>Piotr Staroszczyk</name>
-    </maintainer>
+	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
     <upstream>
         <remote-id type="github">MagicStack/asyncpg</remote-id>
         <remote-id type="pypi">asyncpg</remote-id>
diff --git a/dev-python/graphene/metadata.xml b/dev-python/graphene/metadata.xml
index 32a1ab193e..1654cfb0c5 100644
--- a/dev-python/graphene/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/graphene/metadata.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-	<maintainer type="person">
-		<email>piotr.staroszczyk@get24.org</email>
-		<name>Piotr Staroszczyk</name>
-	</maintainer>
+	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="pypi">graphene</remote-id>
 		<remote-id type="github">graphql-python/graphene</remote-id>
diff --git a/dev-python/graphql-relay/metadata.xml b/dev-python/graphql-relay/metadata.xml
index 21b3d194c9..d2f3b1ed32 100644
--- a/dev-python/graphql-relay/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/graphql-relay/metadata.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-	<maintainer type="person">
-		<email>piotr.staroszczyk@get24.org</email>
-		<name>Piotr Staroszczyk</name>
-	</maintainer>
+	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="pypi">graphql-relay</remote-id>
 		<remote-id type="github">graphql-python/graphql-relay-py</remote-id>
diff --git a/dev-python/sse-starlette/metadata.xml b/dev-python/sse-starlette/metadata.xml
index d0b5e57715..8ef5520b6b 100644
--- a/dev-python/sse-starlette/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/sse-starlette/metadata.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-    <maintainer type="person">
-        <email>piotr.staroszczyk@get24.org</email>
-        <name>Piotr Staroszczyk</name>
-    </maintainer>
+	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
     <upstream>
         <remote-id type="github">sysid/sse-starlette</remote-id>
         <remote-id type="pypi">sse-starlette</remote-id>