diff --git a/net-analyzer/authforce/metadata.xml b/net-analyzer/authforce/metadata.xml
index 65416c3036a69..115e9d64a6695 100644
--- a/net-analyzer/authforce/metadata.xml
+++ b/net-analyzer/authforce/metadata.xml
@@ -1,12 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-	<maintainer type="person" proxied="yes">
-		<email>mmk@levelnine.at</email>
-		<name>Michael Mair-Keimberger</name>
-	</maintainer>
-	<maintainer type="project" proxied="proxy">
-		<email>proxy-maint@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Proxy Maintainers</name>
-	</maintainer>
+	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
 </pkgmetadata>