diff --git a/app-laptop/thinkfan/metadata.xml b/app-laptop/thinkfan/metadata.xml
index c6b8ff4c4c325..134e69ff9e5de 100644
--- a/app-laptop/thinkfan/metadata.xml
+++ b/app-laptop/thinkfan/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>zlogene@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Mikle Kolyada</name>
-	</maintainer>
+	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
 	<use>
 		<flag name="atasmart">include libatasmart support to get disc temperature</flag>
 		<flag name="nvidia">allow thinkfan to read GPU temperature from the proprietary nVidia driver</flag>