diff --git a/www-client/nyxt/metadata.xml b/www-client/nyxt/metadata.xml
index ec7655fa33..28ce92ff95 100644
--- a/www-client/nyxt/metadata.xml
+++ b/www-client/nyxt/metadata.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-    <maintainer type="person">
-        <name>Dale Showers</name>
-        <email>gentoo@fictx.com</email>
-    </maintainer>
+    <!-- maintainer-needed -->
     <longdescription>
       Nyxt [nýkst] is a keyboard-driven web browser designed for power users. Inspired by Emacs and Vim, it has familiar keybindings (Emacs, vi, CUA), and is infinitely extensible in Lisp.