diff --git a/app-backup/spideroak-bin/metadata.xml b/app-backup/spideroak-bin/metadata.xml
index 241786761ce24..115e9d64a6695 100644
--- a/app-backup/spideroak-bin/metadata.xml
+++ b/app-backup/spideroak-bin/metadata.xml
@@ -1,8 +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>lucianposton@pm.me</email>
-	<name>Lucian Poston</name>
-</maintainer>
+	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
 </pkgmetadata>