diff --git a/dev-lua/luaexpat/metadata.xml b/dev-lua/luaexpat/metadata.xml
index 379d1734e2d3e..1b2becffa26c9 100644
--- a/dev-lua/luaexpat/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-lua/luaexpat/metadata.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-  <maintainer type="person">
-    <email>rafaelmartins@gentoo.org</email>
-  </maintainer>
+  <!-- maintainer-needed -->
 </pkgmetadata>