diff --git a/dev-python/pyalsa/metadata.xml b/dev-python/pyalsa/metadata.xml
index d1ee6707bb56c..82a2a81ec7134 100644
--- a/dev-python/pyalsa/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/pyalsa/metadata.xml
@@ -1,14 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-	<maintainer type="project">
-		<email>alsa-bugs@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Gentoo ALSA Project</name>
-	</maintainer>
-	<maintainer type="project">
-		<email>python@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Python</name>
-	</maintainer>
+	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="github">alsa-project/alsa-python</remote-id>
 		<remote-id type="pypi">pyalsa</remote-id>
diff --git a/media-libs/alsa-lib/metadata.xml b/media-libs/alsa-lib/metadata.xml
index dc26f4840b843..5e60b5110a54d 100644
--- a/media-libs/alsa-lib/metadata.xml
+++ b/media-libs/alsa-lib/metadata.xml
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-	<maintainer type="project">
-		<email>alsa-bugs@gentoo.org</email>
-	</maintainer>
+	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
 	<use>
 		<flag name="alisp">Enable support for ALISP (ALSA LISP) interpreter for advanced features.</flag>
 	</use>
diff --git a/media-libs/alsa-oss/metadata.xml b/media-libs/alsa-oss/metadata.xml
index 199aa2af5e152..fe1e5b6675b51 100644
--- a/media-libs/alsa-oss/metadata.xml
+++ b/media-libs/alsa-oss/metadata.xml
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-	<maintainer type="project">
-		<email>alsa-bugs@gentoo.org</email>
-	</maintainer>
+	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="github">alsa-project/alsa-oss</remote-id>
 	</upstream>
diff --git a/media-libs/alsa-topology-conf/metadata.xml b/media-libs/alsa-topology-conf/metadata.xml
index 4813cc3ba505b..af9f4ca5affd3 100644
--- a/media-libs/alsa-topology-conf/metadata.xml
+++ b/media-libs/alsa-topology-conf/metadata.xml
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-	<maintainer type="project">
-		<email>alsa-bugs@gentoo.org</email>
-	</maintainer>
+	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="cpe">cpe:/a:alsa-project:alsa-topology-conf</remote-id>
 		<remote-id type="github">alsa-project/alsa-topology-conf</remote-id>
diff --git a/media-libs/alsa-ucm-conf/metadata.xml b/media-libs/alsa-ucm-conf/metadata.xml
index f89266cd5c304..9490313eaef3b 100644
--- a/media-libs/alsa-ucm-conf/metadata.xml
+++ b/media-libs/alsa-ucm-conf/metadata.xml
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-	<maintainer type="project">
-		<email>alsa-bugs@gentoo.org</email>
-	</maintainer>
+	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
 	<upstream>
 		<changelog>https://www.alsa-project.org/wiki/Main_Page_News</changelog>
 		<remote-id type="cpe">cpe:/a:alsa-project:alsa-ucm-conf</remote-id>
diff --git a/media-plugins/alsa-plugins/metadata.xml b/media-plugins/alsa-plugins/metadata.xml
index b7ef9877f6fbf..86f8dd96cfc30 100644
--- a/media-plugins/alsa-plugins/metadata.xml
+++ b/media-plugins/alsa-plugins/metadata.xml
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-	<maintainer type="project">
-		<email>alsa-bugs@gentoo.org</email>
-	</maintainer>
+	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
 	<use>
 		<flag name="arcam_av">Enables Arcam AV control plugin</flag>
 		<flag name="mix">Enables upmix and vdownmix plugin</flag>
diff --git a/media-sound/alsa-tools/metadata.xml b/media-sound/alsa-tools/metadata.xml
index d2e8313dec392..414e9d96bf069 100644
--- a/media-sound/alsa-tools/metadata.xml
+++ b/media-sound/alsa-tools/metadata.xml
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-	<maintainer type="project">
-		<email>alsa-bugs@gentoo.org</email>
-	</maintainer>
+	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="github">alsa-project/alsa-tools</remote-id>
 	</upstream>
diff --git a/media-sound/alsa-utils/metadata.xml b/media-sound/alsa-utils/metadata.xml
index d5e35b0955b0d..130888dda6861 100644
--- a/media-sound/alsa-utils/metadata.xml
+++ b/media-sound/alsa-utils/metadata.xml
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-	<maintainer type="project">
-		<email>alsa-bugs@gentoo.org</email>
-	</maintainer>
+	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
 	<use>
 		<flag name="bat">install basic audio tester (BAT) util</flag>
 		<flag name="libsamplerate">install utils that use libsamplerate (e.g. alsaloop)</flag>
diff --git a/sys-firmware/alsa-firmware/metadata.xml b/sys-firmware/alsa-firmware/metadata.xml
index a6a9e0baa083e..7d8a912dd3ef6 100644
--- a/sys-firmware/alsa-firmware/metadata.xml
+++ b/sys-firmware/alsa-firmware/metadata.xml
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-	<maintainer type="project">
-		<email>alsa-bugs@gentoo.org</email>
-	</maintainer>
+	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="github">alsa-project/alsa-firmware</remote-id>
 	</upstream>
diff --git a/sys-firmware/sof-firmware/metadata.xml b/sys-firmware/sof-firmware/metadata.xml
index 5933a501e2ec3..d217e28142828 100644
--- a/sys-firmware/sof-firmware/metadata.xml
+++ b/sys-firmware/sof-firmware/metadata.xml
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@
 	<maintainer type="person">
 		<email>pacho@gentoo.org</email>
 	</maintainer>
-	<maintainer type="project">
-		<email>alsa-bugs@gentoo.org</email>
-	</maintainer>
 	<use>
 		<flag name="tools">Tools to interact with sof firmwares (upstream expects them to be present, but allow to skip them for systems not able to install needed dependencies)</flag>
 	</use>