diff --git a/net-dialup/neocon/metadata.xml b/net-dialup/neocon/metadata.xml
index 78e64a5cf1ada..6f49eba8f4969 100644
--- a/net-dialup/neocon/metadata.xml
+++ b/net-dialup/neocon/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="person">
-		<email>radhermit@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Tim Harder</name>
-	</maintainer>
+<!-- maintainer-needed -->
 </pkgmetadata>