diff --git a/net-p2p/mktorrent/metadata.xml b/net-p2p/mktorrent/metadata.xml
index b589e0b9225a6..de14c77ecf47a 100644
--- a/net-p2p/mktorrent/metadata.xml
+++ b/net-p2p/mktorrent/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>holgersson@posteo.de</email>
-		<name>Nils Freydank</name>
-	</maintainer>
-	<maintainer type="project" proxied="proxy">
-		<email>proxy-maint@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Proxy Maintainers</name>
-	</maintainer>
+	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="github">Rudde/mktorrent</remote-id>
 	</upstream>