diff --git a/net-news/newsboat/metadata.xml b/net-news/newsboat/metadata.xml
index efcd58fe0b9be..31e786a3031fa 100644
--- a/net-news/newsboat/metadata.xml
+++ b/net-news/newsboat/metadata.xml
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-	<maintainer type="person">
-		<email>gyakovlev@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Georgy Yakovlev</name>
-	</maintainer>
+	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
 </pkgmetadata>
+