diff --git a/dev-db/phpmyadmin/metadata.xml b/dev-db/phpmyadmin/metadata.xml
index 8e983045834c0..83eef45855b0d 100644
--- a/dev-db/phpmyadmin/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-db/phpmyadmin/metadata.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-	<maintainer type="person">
-		<email>jmbsvicetto@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto</name>
-	</maintainer>
 	<maintainer type="project">
 		<email>web-apps@gentoo.org</email>
 		<name>Gentoo Webapps</name>
diff --git a/net-misc/anydesk/metadata.xml b/net-misc/anydesk/metadata.xml
index f5bf7cbcdb2e0..6dad389402eb1 100644
--- a/net-misc/anydesk/metadata.xml
+++ b/net-misc/anydesk/metadata.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-	<maintainer type="person">
-		<email>jmbsvicetto@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto</name>
-	</maintainer>
+	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
 	<upstream>
 		<changelog>https://download.anydesk.com/changelog.txt</changelog>
 		<bugs-to>mailto:support@anydesk.com</bugs-to>
diff --git a/net-misc/vde/metadata.xml b/net-misc/vde/metadata.xml
index 514dbdb362f2f..bf886246ff690 100644
--- a/net-misc/vde/metadata.xml
+++ b/net-misc/vde/metadata.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-  <maintainer type="person">
-    <email>jmbsvicetto@gentoo.org</email>
-    <name>Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto</name>
-  </maintainer>
+  <!-- maintainer-needed -->
   <use>
     <flag name="pcap">
     Enable the pcap-based plugin that allows creating a switch against
diff --git a/net-nds/phpldapadmin/metadata.xml b/net-nds/phpldapadmin/metadata.xml
index 102a94f8876ae..072d8a7665843 100644
--- a/net-nds/phpldapadmin/metadata.xml
+++ b/net-nds/phpldapadmin/metadata.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-  <maintainer type="person">
-    <email>jmbsvicetto@gentoo.org</email>
-    <name>Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto</name>
-  </maintainer>
   <maintainer type="project">
     <email>web-apps@gentoo.org</email>
     <name>Gentoo Webapps</name>
diff --git a/www-apps/dokuwiki/metadata.xml b/www-apps/dokuwiki/metadata.xml
index ac28bd09a385d..0ebf9ea835d1c 100644
--- a/www-apps/dokuwiki/metadata.xml
+++ b/www-apps/dokuwiki/metadata.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-	<maintainer type="person">
-		<email>jmbsvicetto@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto</name>
-	</maintainer>
 	<maintainer type="project">
 		<email>web-apps@gentoo.org</email>
 		<name>Gentoo Webapps</name>