diff --git a/x11-plugins/purple-hangouts/metadata.xml b/x11-plugins/purple-hangouts/metadata.xml
index c0019dc7a1030..03d729b8c798e 100644
--- a/x11-plugins/purple-hangouts/metadata.xml
+++ b/x11-plugins/purple-hangouts/metadata.xml
@@ -1,14 +1,7 @@
-<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-  <maintainer type="person">
-    <email>lluixhi@gmail.com</email>
-    <name>Aric Belsito</name>
-  </maintainer>
-  <maintainer type="project">
-    <email>proxy-maint@gentoo.org</email>
-    <name>Proxy Maintainers</name>
-  </maintainer>
+  <!-- maintainer-needed -->
   <upstream>
     <remote-id type="bitbucket">EionRobb/purple-hangouts</remote-id>
   </upstream>