diff --git a/net-fs/httpdirfs/metadata.xml b/net-fs/httpdirfs/metadata.xml
index 7201e1e6e6..2544f2e138 100644
--- a/net-fs/httpdirfs/metadata.xml
+++ b/net-fs/httpdirfs/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>xgqt@riseup.net</email>
-        <name>Maciej Barć</name>
-    </maintainer>
+    <!-- maintainer-needed -->
     <upstream>
         <remote-id type="github">fangfufu/httpdirfs</remote-id>
     </upstream>