diff --git a/gui-apps/ashell/metadata.xml b/gui-apps/ashell/metadata.xml
index 738972ce7f..2bd3bc1974 100644
--- a/gui-apps/ashell/metadata.xml
+++ b/gui-apps/ashell/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>Julien Roy</name>
-		<email>julien@jroy.ca</email>
-	</maintainer>
+	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
 	<upstream>
 		<bugs-to>https://github.com/MalpenZibo/ashell/issues</bugs-to>
 		<changelog>https://github.com/MalpenZibo/ashell/releases</changelog>