diff --git a/dev-java/json/metadata.xml b/dev-java/json/metadata.xml
index ed6abb8952347..8ec4071175025 100644
--- a/dev-java/json/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-java/json/metadata.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
+<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
 	<longdescription lang="en">
 		JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is a lightweight data-interchange format.
diff --git a/dev-util/cccc/metadata.xml b/dev-util/cccc/metadata.xml
index 08fec3d474ac7..ecde1cfd0a088 100644
--- a/dev-util/cccc/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-util/cccc/metadata.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-	<herd>dev-tools</herd>
 	<maintainer type="person">
 		<email>nerdboy@gentoo.org</email>
 	</maintainer>
diff --git a/sci-electronics/quartus-prime-lite/metadata.xml b/sci-electronics/quartus-prime-lite/metadata.xml
index c470c061294c1..08f854c1c4e5b 100644
--- a/sci-electronics/quartus-prime-lite/metadata.xml
+++ b/sci-electronics/quartus-prime-lite/metadata.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
 	<maintainer type="person">
 		<email>brendan@horan.hk</email>