diff --git a/app-eselect/eselect-swift/files/swift-1.0-r1.eselect b/app-eselect/eselect-swift/files/swift-1.0-r1.eselect
index 77a587915b..2ffe00d88f 100644
--- a/app-eselect/eselect-swift/files/swift-1.0-r1.eselect
+++ b/app-eselect/eselect-swift/files/swift-1.0-r1.eselect
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL version 2 or later
 
 DESCRIPTION="Manage the Swift symlink"
-MAINTAINER="itai@itaiferber.net"
+MAINTAINER=""
 VERSION="1.0"
 
 inherit path-manipulation
diff --git a/app-eselect/eselect-swift/files/swift-1.0.eselect b/app-eselect/eselect-swift/files/swift-1.0.eselect
index 2679b553cc..d014928268 100644
--- a/app-eselect/eselect-swift/files/swift-1.0.eselect
+++ b/app-eselect/eselect-swift/files/swift-1.0.eselect
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL version 2 or later
 
 DESCRIPTION="Manage the Swift symlink"
-MAINTAINER="itai@itaiferber.net"
+MAINTAINER=""
 VERSION="1.0"
 
 inherit path-manipulation
diff --git a/app-eselect/eselect-swift/metadata.xml b/app-eselect/eselect-swift/metadata.xml
index 564cdd4a23..bef24d2c23 100644
--- a/app-eselect/eselect-swift/metadata.xml
+++ b/app-eselect/eselect-swift/metadata.xml
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-  <maintainer type="person">
-    <email>itai@itaiferber.net</email>
-    <name>Itai Ferber</name>
-  </maintainer>
+  <!-- maintainer-needed -->
 </pkgmetadata>