diff --git a/dev-libs/editline/metadata.xml b/dev-libs/editline/metadata.xml
index 2907abeb0c42..7a38bb900964 100644
--- a/dev-libs/editline/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-libs/editline/metadata.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 <?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>
-</maintainer>
+	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
 </pkgmetadata>