diff --git a/app-shells/rc/metadata.xml b/app-shells/rc/metadata.xml
index 3e60a9a347a4e..7a38bb9009641 100644
--- a/app-shells/rc/metadata.xml
+++ b/app-shells/rc/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>base-system@gentoo.org</email>
-    <name>Gentoo Base System</name>
-  </maintainer>
+	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
 </pkgmetadata>