diff --git a/www-client/lynx/metadata.xml b/www-client/lynx/metadata.xml
index 30958195d7e8..cc5b0dd4d824 100644
--- a/www-client/lynx/metadata.xml
+++ b/www-client/lynx/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>slyfox@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Sergei Trofimovich</name>
-	</maintainer>
+	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
 	<use>
 		<flag name="ssl">Enable HTTPS support.</flag>
 		<flag name="gnutls">Use gnutls library for HTTPS support (openssl is the default library for HTTPS support).</flag>