diff --git a/sys-boot/elilo/metadata.xml b/sys-boot/elilo/metadata.xml
index 0b9c119b3c0ea..aed513bd520b9 100644
--- a/sys-boot/elilo/metadata.xml
+++ b/sys-boot/elilo/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>slyfox@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Sergei Trofimovich</name>
-	</maintainer>
+	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="sourceforge">elilo</remote-id>
 	</upstream>