diff --git a/games-util/wit/metadata.xml b/games-util/wit/metadata.xml
index baf90ff6dc62f..7de715f68a095 100644
--- a/games-util/wit/metadata.xml
+++ b/games-util/wit/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="person">
-		<email>radhermit@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Tim Harder</name>
-	</maintainer>
+	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
 	<use>
 		<flag name="fuse">Enable image mount support via fuse</flag>
 	</use>