diff --git a/mate-base/caja/metadata.xml b/mate-base/caja/metadata.xml
index bcfdd1bc24b44..fcee9f59fc635 100644
--- a/mate-base/caja/metadata.xml
+++ b/mate-base/caja/metadata.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-    <maintainer type="project">
-        <email>mate@gentoo.org</email>
-        <name>Gentoo MATE Desktop</name>
-    </maintainer>
+	<maintainer type="project">
+		<email>mate@gentoo.org</email>
+		<name>Gentoo MATE Desktop</name>
+	</maintainer>
 	<use>
 		<flag name="gtk3">Build with GTK+3 instead of GTK+2</flag>
 		<flag name="mate">Install <pkg>x11-themes/mate-icon-theme</pkg> which 
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 		<flag name="packagekit">Enable support for installing via <pkg>app-admin/packagekit</pkg>
 		based on mimetype</flag>
 	</use>
-    <upstream>
-        <remote-id type="github">mate-desktop/caja</remote-id>
-    </upstream>
+	<upstream>
+		<remote-id type="github">mate-desktop/caja</remote-id>
+	</upstream>
 </pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/mate-base/mate-applets/metadata.xml b/mate-base/mate-applets/metadata.xml
index b42a07267e28e..80be46261aa97 100644
--- a/mate-base/mate-applets/metadata.xml
+++ b/mate-base/mate-applets/metadata.xml
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-    <maintainer type="project">
-        <email>mate@gentoo.org</email>
-        <name>Gentoo MATE Desktop</name>
-    </maintainer>
+	<maintainer type="project">
+		<email>mate@gentoo.org</email>
+		<name>Gentoo MATE Desktop</name>
+	</maintainer>
 	<use>
 		<flag name="gtk3">Build with GTK+3 instead of GTK+2</flag>
 	</use>
-    <upstream>
-        <remote-id type="github">mate-desktop/mate-applets</remote-id>
-    </upstream>
+	<upstream>
+		<remote-id type="github">mate-desktop/mate-applets</remote-id>
+	</upstream>
 </pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/mate-base/mate-session-manager/metadata.xml b/mate-base/mate-session-manager/metadata.xml
index f930f98b89093..f69aac22ed081 100644
--- a/mate-base/mate-session-manager/metadata.xml
+++ b/mate-base/mate-session-manager/metadata.xml
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-    <maintainer type="project">
-        <email>mate@gentoo.org</email>
-        <name>Gentoo MATE Desktop</name>
-    </maintainer>
+	<maintainer type="project">
+		<email>mate@gentoo.org</email>
+		<name>Gentoo MATE Desktop</name>
+	</maintainer>
 	<use>
 		<flag name="gtk3">Build with GTK+3 instead of GTK+2</flag>
 		<flag name="xtrans">Build with Xtrans support; 
 		WARNING: Disabling this flag will result in ICE binding on all interfaces</flag>
 	</use>
-    <upstream>
-        <remote-id type="github">mate-desktop/mate-session-manager</remote-id>
-    </upstream>
+	<upstream>
+		<remote-id type="github">mate-desktop/mate-session-manager</remote-id>
+	</upstream>
 </pkgmetadata>