diff --git a/dev-util/cppcheck/metadata.xml b/dev-util/cppcheck/metadata.xml
index fb35131dfd7d4..7556003fff3eb 100644
--- a/dev-util/cppcheck/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-util/cppcheck/metadata.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-<maintainer type='person'><email>jer@gentoo.org</email></maintainer>
+	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
 	<use>
 		<flag name="htmlreport">install cppcheck-htmlreport</flag>
 	</use>