diff --git a/dev-db/dbmodel/metadata.xml b/dev-db/dbmodel/metadata.xml
index 94c768473cfe5..b905354583628 100644
--- a/dev-db/dbmodel/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-db/dbmodel/metadata.xml
@@ -1,12 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-	<maintainer type="project">
-		<email>qt@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Gentoo Qt Project</name>
-	</maintainer>
-	<longdescription lang="en">
-</longdescription>
+	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="launchpad">dbmodel</remote-id>
 	</upstream>