diff --git a/dev-lua/luvit/metadata.xml b/dev-lua/luvit/metadata.xml
index ec7ec8a21c410..dc16404b528a7 100644
--- a/dev-lua/luvit/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-lua/luvit/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>hasufell@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Julian Ospald</name>
-	</maintainer>
+<!-- maintainer-needed -->
 	<use>
 		<flag name="bundled-libs">Use bundled versions of some libraries.</flag>
 	</use>