diff --git a/dev-libs/stfl/metadata.xml b/dev-libs/stfl/metadata.xml
index ffa10ddf5e77b..c6e5c391f6a9f 100644
--- a/dev-libs/stfl/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-libs/stfl/metadata.xml
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-	<maintainer type="person">
-		<email>cedk@gentoo.org</email>
-	</maintainer>
+	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
 	<longdescription lang="en">
 		STFL is a library which implements a curses-based widget set for text
 		terminals.