diff --git a/app-editors/imhex/metadata.xml b/app-editors/imhex/metadata.xml
index 35b0c31bf5..6816a6f593 100644
--- a/app-editors/imhex/metadata.xml
+++ b/app-editors/imhex/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">
-		<email>vowstar@gmail.com</email>
-		<name>Huang Rui</name>
-	</maintainer>
+	<!-- maintainer needed -->
 	<upstream>
 		<changelog>https://github.com/WerWolv/ImHex/releases</changelog>
 		<bugs-to>https://github.com/WerWolv/ImHex/issues</bugs-to>