diff --git a/net-proxy/sshuttle/metadata.xml b/net-proxy/sshuttle/metadata.xml
index 6956e63728abd..7597a9dccda3f 100644
--- a/net-proxy/sshuttle/metadata.xml
+++ b/net-proxy/sshuttle/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 -->
   <upstream>
     <remote-id type="pypi">sshuttle</remote-id>
     <remote-id type="github">sshuttle/sshuttle</remote-id>