diff --git a/dev-util/flawfinder/metadata.xml b/dev-util/flawfinder/metadata.xml
index 293ded8221798..3f47036fbefca 100644
--- a/dev-util/flawfinder/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-util/flawfinder/metadata.xml
@@ -1,14 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-	<maintainer type="person">
-		<email>ramage.lucas@protonmail.com</email>
-		<name>Lucas Ramage</name>
-	</maintainer>
-	<maintainer type="project">
-		<email>proxy-maint@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Proxy Maintainers</name>
-	</maintainer>
+	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
 	<upstream>
 		<changelog>https://sourceforge.net/p/flawfinder/code/ci/master/tree/ChangeLog</changelog>
 		<bugs-to>https://sourceforge.net/p/flawfinder/bugs/</bugs-to>