diff --git a/net-fs/s3fs/metadata.xml b/net-fs/s3fs/metadata.xml
index 6d9323ed63db2..7656a3f39fbb0 100644
--- a/net-fs/s3fs/metadata.xml
+++ b/net-fs/s3fs/metadata.xml
@@ -1,14 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-	<maintainer type="person" proxied="yes">
-		<email>rini17@gmail.com</email>
-		<name>Juraj Variny</name>
-	</maintainer>
-	<maintainer type="project" proxied="proxy">
-		<email>proxy-maint@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Proxy Maintainers</name>
-	</maintainer>
+	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
 	<use>
 		<flag name="openssl">Enable <pkg>dev-libs/openssl</pkg> crypto backend</flag>
 		<flag name="nss">Enable <pkg>dev-libs/nss</pkg> crypto backend</flag>