diff --git a/net-analyzer/w3af/metadata.xml b/net-analyzer/w3af/metadata.xml
index 5f71099f5b989..573e0af103002 100644
--- a/net-analyzer/w3af/metadata.xml
+++ b/net-analyzer/w3af/metadata.xml
@@ -1,16 +1,10 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-	<maintainer type="person">
-		<email>clabbe.montjoie@gmail.com</email>
-		<name>LABBE Corentin (Montjoie)</name>
-	</maintainer>
-	<maintainer type="project">
-		<email>proxy-maint@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Proxy Maintainers</name>
-	</maintainer>
+	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="github">andresriancho/w3af</remote-id>
 		<remote-id type="sourceforge">w3af</remote-id>
 	</upstream>
 </pkgmetadata>
+