diff --git a/app-emacs/prop-menu/metadata.xml b/app-emacs/prop-menu/metadata.xml
index 273d31169f..01aae35727 100644
--- a/app-emacs/prop-menu/metadata.xml
+++ b/app-emacs/prop-menu/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>matt@offtopica.uk</email>
-    <name>Matt Smith</name>
-  </maintainer>
+  <!-- maintainer-needed -->
   <upstream>
     <remote-id type="github">david-christiansen/prop-menu-el</remote-id>
   </upstream>