diff --git a/app-text/zathura/metadata.xml b/app-text/zathura/metadata.xml
index 9e879333ac217..fe4a9fd81fc6f 100644
--- a/app-text/zathura/metadata.xml
+++ b/app-text/zathura/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">
-		<name>Mikle Kolyada</name>
-		<email>zlogene@gentoo.org</email>
-	</maintainer>
+	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
 	<use>
 		<flag name="synctex">Use libsynctex to get latex codeline from pdf</flag>
 	</use>