diff --git a/sys-auth/ykpers/metadata.xml b/sys-auth/ykpers/metadata.xml
index 0263462089b83..c337af02199a4 100644
--- a/sys-auth/ykpers/metadata.xml
+++ b/sys-auth/ykpers/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>gokturk@gentoo.org</email>
-    <name>Göktürk Yüksek</name>
-  </maintainer>
+  <!-- maintainer-needed -->
   <upstream>
     <remote-id type="github">Yubico/yubikey-personalization</remote-id>
     <bugs-to>https://github.com/Yubico/yubikey-personalization/issues</bugs-to>