diff --git a/dev-embedded/libftd2xx/metadata.xml b/dev-embedded/libftd2xx/metadata.xml
index 3a4dc82a9e194..6f49eba8f4969 100644
--- a/dev-embedded/libftd2xx/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-embedded/libftd2xx/metadata.xml
@@ -1,12 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-<maintainer type="person">
-	<email>brendan@horan.hk</email>
-	<name>Brendan Horan</name>
-</maintainer>
-<maintainer type="project">
-	<email>proxy-maint@gentoo.org</email>
-	<name>Proxy Maintainers</name>
-</maintainer>
+<!-- maintainer-needed -->
 </pkgmetadata>