diff --git a/x11-plugins/pidgin-window_merge/metadata.xml b/x11-plugins/pidgin-window_merge/metadata.xml
index 62c054355ebcc..b8624a921df9c 100644
--- a/x11-plugins/pidgin-window_merge/metadata.xml
+++ b/x11-plugins/pidgin-window_merge/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>slyfox@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Sergei Trofimovich</name>
-	</maintainer>
+	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="github">dm0-/window_merge</remote-id>
 	</upstream>