diff --git a/dev-lua/luafilesystem/metadata.xml b/dev-lua/luafilesystem/metadata.xml
index 59f1123dc93b1..dc620825e440d 100644
--- a/dev-lua/luafilesystem/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-lua/luafilesystem/metadata.xml
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-	<maintainer type="person">
-		<email>rafaelmartins@gentoo.org</email>
-	</maintainer>
+	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
 	<longdescription lang="en">
 		LuaFileSystem is a Lua library developed to complement the set of functions
 		related to file systems offered by the standard Lua distribution.