diff --git a/app-doc/zeal/metadata.xml b/app-doc/zeal/metadata.xml
index bd4216dd29554..73826b939e4bd 100644
--- a/app-doc/zeal/metadata.xml
+++ b/app-doc/zeal/metadata.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-  <maintainer type="person">
-    <email>tranquility@gentoo.org</email>
-    <name>Ole Reifschneider</name>
-  </maintainer>
+  <!--maintainer-needed-->
   <upstream>
     <remote-id type="github">zealdocs/zeal</remote-id>
   </upstream>
diff --git a/dev-ruby/neovim-ruby-client/metadata.xml b/dev-ruby/neovim-ruby-client/metadata.xml
index 60964a1230feb..fac91d927f18b 100644
--- a/dev-ruby/neovim-ruby-client/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-ruby/neovim-ruby-client/metadata.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-  <maintainer type="person">
-    <email>tranquility@gentoo.org</email>
-    <name>Ole Reifschneider</name>
-  </maintainer>
   <maintainer type="project">
     <email>ruby@gentoo.org</email>
     <name>Gentoo Ruby Project</name>
diff --git a/x11-terms/pangoterm/metadata.xml b/x11-terms/pangoterm/metadata.xml
index d8772d4166ca6..58f638b2ac3e6 100644
--- a/x11-terms/pangoterm/metadata.xml
+++ b/x11-terms/pangoterm/metadata.xml
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-	<maintainer type="person">
-		<email>tranquility@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Ole Reifschneider</name>
-	</maintainer>
+	<!--maintainer-needed-->
 </pkgmetadata>