diff --git a/net-misc/you-get/metadata.xml b/net-misc/you-get/metadata.xml
index 5b8f28870b21..30785cee153d 100644
--- a/net-misc/you-get/metadata.xml
+++ b/net-misc/you-get/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>dlan@gentoo.org</email>
-    <name>Yixun Lan</name>
-  </maintainer>
+  <!-- maintainer-needed -->
   <stabilize-allarches/>
   <upstream>
     <remote-id type="github">soimort/you-get</remote-id>