diff --git a/dev-php/pecl-gearman/metadata.xml b/dev-php/pecl-gearman/metadata.xml
index 6bc25f90f03c9..5866eae7711b4 100644
--- a/dev-php/pecl-gearman/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-php/pecl-gearman/metadata.xml
@@ -1,12 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-  <maintainer type="person">
-    <email>pavel.stratil-jun@fenix.cz</email>
-    <description>Proxied co-maintainer, assign bugs to him</description>
-  </maintainer>
-<maintainer type="project">
-    <email>proxy-maint@gentoo.org</email>
-    <name>Proxy Maintainers</name>
-  </maintainer>
+<!-- maintainer-needed --> 
 </pkgmetadata>