diff --git a/net-libs/serf/metadata.xml b/net-libs/serf/metadata.xml
index 176a6f49be329..bc9fee8abdf68 100644
--- a/net-libs/serf/metadata.xml
+++ b/net-libs/serf/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="person" proxied="proxy">
-		<email>jsmolic@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Jakov Smolić</name>
-	</maintainer>
+	<!--maintainer-needed-->
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="github">apache/serf</remote-id>
 	</upstream>