diff --git a/sys-apps/exa/metadata.xml b/sys-apps/exa/metadata.xml
index 40e778e6f25ac..973eccd220238 100644
--- a/sys-apps/exa/metadata.xml
+++ b/sys-apps/exa/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">
-		<email>gyakovlev@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Georgy Yakovlev</name>
-	</maintainer>
+	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
 	<longdescription lang="en">
 		exa is a modern replacement for ls.