diff --git a/dev-python/tweepy/metadata.xml b/dev-python/tweepy/metadata.xml
index bff201eb85..9c1269f2bd 100644
--- a/dev-python/tweepy/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/tweepy/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>davidroman96@gmail.com</email>
-		<name>David Roman</name>
-	</maintainer>
+	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="github">tweepy/tweepy</remote-id>
 		<doc>https://tweepy.readthedocs.io</doc>