diff --git a/app-backup/rsnapshot/metadata.xml b/app-backup/rsnapshot/metadata.xml
index 41d4a20db9c62..c1744fe7fc5ba 100644
--- a/app-backup/rsnapshot/metadata.xml
+++ b/app-backup/rsnapshot/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>Sergiy.Borodych@gmail.com</email>
-    <name>Sergiy Borodych</name>
-  </maintainer>
-  <maintainer type="project">
-    <email>proxy-maint@gentoo.org</email>
-    <name>Proxy Maintainers</name>
-  </maintainer>
+  <!--maintainer-needed-->
 </pkgmetadata>