diff --git a/net-dns/dnsdist/metadata.xml b/net-dns/dnsdist/metadata.xml
index 83896633eca4b..a0aacedd78977 100644
--- a/net-dns/dnsdist/metadata.xml
+++ b/net-dns/dnsdist/metadata.xml
@@ -9,10 +9,6 @@
 		<email>proxy-maint@gentoo.org</email>
 		<name>Proxy Maintainers</name>
 	</maintainer>
-	<maintainer type="person">
-		<email>nativemad@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Andreas Schuerch</name>
-	</maintainer>
 	<longdescription lang="en">
 		dnsdist is a highly DNS-, DoS- and abuse-aware loadbalancer. Its goal in life is to route traffic to the best server, delivering top performance to legitimate users while shunting or blocking abusive traffic.
 	</longdescription>
diff --git a/net-im/pidgin/metadata.xml b/net-im/pidgin/metadata.xml
index 4778b8643c61b..e9025b643df28 100644
--- a/net-im/pidgin/metadata.xml
+++ b/net-im/pidgin/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>nativemad@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Andreas Schuerch</name>
-	</maintainer>
+	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
 	<longdescription>
 		Pidgin is an instant messaging program for Windows, Linux, BSD, and other Unixes.
 		You can talk to your friends using AIM, ICQ, Jabber/XMPP, MSN Messenger, Yahoo!,
diff --git a/x11-plugins/guifications/metadata.xml b/x11-plugins/guifications/metadata.xml
index e8de1c56b30ff..115e9d64a6695 100644
--- a/x11-plugins/guifications/metadata.xml
+++ b/x11-plugins/guifications/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">
-		<email>nativemad@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Andreas Schuerch</name>
-	</maintainer>
+	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
 </pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/x11-plugins/pidgin-birthday-reminder/metadata.xml b/x11-plugins/pidgin-birthday-reminder/metadata.xml
index 29879cf2a8c6f..56b1e93366581 100644
--- a/x11-plugins/pidgin-birthday-reminder/metadata.xml
+++ b/x11-plugins/pidgin-birthday-reminder/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>nativemad@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Andreas Schuerch</name>
-	</maintainer>
+	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="launchpad">pidgin-birthday-reminder</remote-id>
 		<remote-id type="github">kgraefe/pidgin-birthday-reminder</remote-id>
diff --git a/x11-plugins/pidgin-hotkeys/metadata.xml b/x11-plugins/pidgin-hotkeys/metadata.xml
index 44b8a99cfc0ac..59c00cc967ef3 100644
--- a/x11-plugins/pidgin-hotkeys/metadata.xml
+++ b/x11-plugins/pidgin-hotkeys/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>nativemad@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Andreas Schuerch</name>
-	</maintainer>
+	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="sourceforge">pidgin-hotkeys</remote-id>
 	</upstream>
diff --git a/x11-plugins/pidgin-led-notification/metadata.xml b/x11-plugins/pidgin-led-notification/metadata.xml
index e8de1c56b30ff..115e9d64a6695 100644
--- a/x11-plugins/pidgin-led-notification/metadata.xml
+++ b/x11-plugins/pidgin-led-notification/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">
-		<email>nativemad@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Andreas Schuerch</name>
-	</maintainer>
+	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
 </pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/x11-plugins/pidgin-libnotify/metadata.xml b/x11-plugins/pidgin-libnotify/metadata.xml
index caaf7205d7df9..d2ead32ea16b0 100644
--- a/x11-plugins/pidgin-libnotify/metadata.xml
+++ b/x11-plugins/pidgin-libnotify/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>nativemad@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Andreas Schuerch</name>
-	</maintainer>
+	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="sourceforge">gaim-libnotify</remote-id>
 	</upstream>
diff --git a/x11-plugins/pidgin-mbpurple/metadata.xml b/x11-plugins/pidgin-mbpurple/metadata.xml
index daef1582193d3..9fefd1cbd00d3 100644
--- a/x11-plugins/pidgin-mbpurple/metadata.xml
+++ b/x11-plugins/pidgin-mbpurple/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>nativemad@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Andreas Schuerch</name>
-	</maintainer>
+	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
 	<use>
 		<flag name="twitgin">Enable graphical plugin for Gtk+ interface of Pidgin.</flag>
 	</use>
diff --git a/x11-plugins/pidgin-privacy-please/metadata.xml b/x11-plugins/pidgin-privacy-please/metadata.xml
index 11298de835d5e..c3c97dea86587 100644
--- a/x11-plugins/pidgin-privacy-please/metadata.xml
+++ b/x11-plugins/pidgin-privacy-please/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>nativemad@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Andreas Schuerch</name>
-	</maintainer>
+	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="google-code">pidgin-privacy-please</remote-id>
 	</upstream>