diff --git a/sys-apps/habitat/metadata.xml b/sys-apps/habitat/metadata.xml
index 67159d9658882..2b27fe0320121 100644
--- a/sys-apps/habitat/metadata.xml
+++ b/sys-apps/habitat/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>mrueg@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Manuel Rüger</name>
-	</maintainer>
+	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="github">habitat-sh/habitat</remote-id>
 	</upstream>