diff --git a/dev-cpp/benchmark/metadata.xml b/dev-cpp/benchmark/metadata.xml
index 116d3feca038f..c641fbba875a8 100644
--- a/dev-cpp/benchmark/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-cpp/benchmark/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" proxied="yes">
-		<email>vilhelm.gray@gmail.com</email>
-		<name>William Breathitt Gray</name>
-	</maintainer>
-	<maintainer type="project" proxied="proxy">
-		<email>proxy-maint@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Proxy Maintainers</name>
-	</maintainer>
+	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
 	<upstream>
 		<bugs-to>https://github.com/google/benchmark/issues</bugs-to>
 		<doc lang="en">https://github.com/google/benchmark/blob/master/docs/</doc>