diff --git a/sys-fs/zfs-kmod/metadata.xml b/sys-fs/zfs-kmod/metadata.xml
index deb3879f4c320..3b4a3bbf809ce 100644
--- a/sys-fs/zfs-kmod/metadata.xml
+++ b/sys-fs/zfs-kmod/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>sam@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Sam James</name>
-	</maintainer>
+	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
 	<use>
 		<flag name="dist-kernel-cap">Prevents upgrading to an unsupported kernel version when combined with USE=dist-kernel</flag>
 		<flag name="rootfs">Pull dependencies and check kernel options required for root-on-zfs</flag>