diff --git a/sys-apps/pmount-gui/metadata.xml b/sys-apps/pmount-gui/metadata.xml
index 2ba8e9e851e41..7a38bb9009641 100644
--- a/sys-apps/pmount-gui/metadata.xml
+++ b/sys-apps/pmount-gui/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="project">
-		<email>desktop-misc@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Gentoo Desktop Miscellaneous Project</name>
-	</maintainer>
+	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
 </pkgmetadata>