diff --git a/net-wireless/qdmr/metadata.xml b/net-wireless/qdmr/metadata.xml
index e6c5a00f9bfed..d03ef4bc4f355 100644
--- a/net-wireless/qdmr/metadata.xml
+++ b/net-wireless/qdmr/metadata.xml
@@ -5,10 +5,6 @@
 		<email>radio@gentoo.org</email>
 		<name>Radio</name>
 	</maintainer>
-	<maintainer type="person">
-		<email>anarchy@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Jory A. Pratt</name>
-	</maintainer>
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="github">hmatuschek/qdmr</remote-id>
 	</upstream>
diff --git a/sys-kernel/zen-sources/metadata.xml b/sys-kernel/zen-sources/metadata.xml
index 506cf6e6bdb50..0bd9995bfe71d 100644
--- a/sys-kernel/zen-sources/metadata.xml
+++ b/sys-kernel/zen-sources/metadata.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-  <maintainer type="person">
-    <email>anarchy@gentoo.org</email>
-    <name>Jory A. Pratt</name>
-  </maintainer>
+  <!-- maintainer-needed -->
 <upstream>
     <remote-id type="cpe">cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel</remote-id>
     <remote-id type="github">zen-kernel/zen-kernel</remote-id>