diff --git a/dev-vcs/subversion/metadata.xml b/dev-vcs/subversion/metadata.xml
index a8dc2a284ccc4..1bf5eabc57bf3 100644
--- a/dev-vcs/subversion/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-vcs/subversion/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>polynomial-c@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Lars Wendler</name>
-	</maintainer>
+	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
 	<use>
 		<flag name="ctypes-python">Build and install Ctypes Python bindings</flag>
 		<flag name="dso">Enable runtime module search</flag>