diff --git a/media-video/smtube/metadata.xml b/media-video/smtube/metadata.xml
index aa2b0ea848ca6..8b42a3b92aa0c 100644
--- a/media-video/smtube/metadata.xml
+++ b/media-video/smtube/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>zlg@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Daniel Campbell</name>
-	</maintainer>
+	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
 	<longdescription lang="en">
 		SMTube is a Qt-based frontend to Youtube and other video services
 		that allows you to play videos directly in a variety of media players.