diff --git a/www-servers/h2o/metadata.xml b/www-servers/h2o/metadata.xml
index 2ae01bc9733ca..9a0b02bb8b6d1 100644
--- a/www-servers/h2o/metadata.xml
+++ b/www-servers/h2o/metadata.xml
@@ -1,14 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-	<maintainer type="person">
-		<email>gentoo@chaoslab.org</email>
-		<name>Ian Moone</name>
-	</maintainer>
-	<maintainer type="project">
-		<email>proxy-maint@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Proxy Maintainers</name>
-	</maintainer>
+	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
 	<longdescription lang="en">
 		H2O is a new generation HTTP server. Not only is it very fast,
 		it also provides much quicker response to end-users