diff --git a/dev-java/freenet-ext/metadata.xml b/dev-java/freenet-ext/metadata.xml
index f76b8843b1989..68e4a66cdcc55 100644
--- a/dev-java/freenet-ext/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-java/freenet-ext/metadata.xml
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-	<maintainer type="project">
-		<email>java@gentoo.org</email>
-	</maintainer>
+	<!-- maintainer needed -->
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="github">hyphanet/contrib</remote-id>
 	</upstream>