diff --git a/dev-libs/protobuf/metadata.xml b/dev-libs/protobuf/metadata.xml
index 4ac93ba8e52d2..8549a8aa96f0b 100644
--- a/dev-libs/protobuf/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-libs/protobuf/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="person" proxied="yes">
-		<email>arfrever.fta@gmail.com</email>
-		<name>Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis</name>
-	</maintainer>
-	<maintainer type="project">
-		<email>cjk@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Cjk</name>
-	</maintainer>
+	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
 	<slots>
 		<subslots>Soname version number</subslots>
 	</slots>