diff --git a/x11-misc/xearth/metadata.xml b/x11-misc/xearth/metadata.xml
index 66187a0f42133..7a38bb9009641 100644
--- a/x11-misc/xearth/metadata.xml
+++ b/x11-misc/xearth/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>