diff --git a/www-client/vimb/metadata.xml b/www-client/vimb/metadata.xml
index 947bdfc42817c..c77fd85616f05 100644
--- a/www-client/vimb/metadata.xml
+++ b/www-client/vimb/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="gtk3">Link against <pkg>x11-libs/gtk+:3</pkg> instead of
 			<pkg>x11-libs/gtk+:2</pkg></flag>