diff --git a/app-emulation/firecracker/metadata.xml b/app-emulation/firecracker/metadata.xml
index 6698a4ab7883a..6f49eba8f4969 100644
--- a/app-emulation/firecracker/metadata.xml
+++ b/app-emulation/firecracker/metadata.xml
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-	<maintainer type="person">
-		<email>zlogene@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Mikle Kolyada</name>
-	</maintainer>
+<!-- maintainer-needed -->
 </pkgmetadata>