diff --git a/media-plugins/whysynth/metadata.xml b/media-plugins/whysynth/metadata.xml
index 5aed736e3b..c28a7df1b8 100644
--- a/media-plugins/whysynth/metadata.xml
+++ b/media-plugins/whysynth/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>denis7774@gmail.com</email>
-		<name>Reva Denis</name>
-	</maintainer>
+	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="github">smbolton/whysynth</remote-id>
 	</upstream>