diff --git a/app-text/blahtexml/metadata.xml b/app-text/blahtexml/metadata.xml
index 97df2a00971b9..1b2becffa26c9 100644
--- a/app-text/blahtexml/metadata.xml
+++ b/app-text/blahtexml/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>mrueg@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Manuel Rüger</name>
-	</maintainer>
+  <!-- maintainer-needed -->
 </pkgmetadata>