diff --git a/x11-terms/roxterm/metadata.xml b/x11-terms/roxterm/metadata.xml
index 6d4c2c1c9a8e9..34ba352f9105e 100644
--- a/x11-terms/roxterm/metadata.xml
+++ b/x11-terms/roxterm/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">
-		<email>russell@annunaki2k2.co.uk</email>
-		<name>Russell Knighton</name>
-	</maintainer>
-	<maintainer type="project">
-		<email>proxy-maint@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Proxy Maintainers</name>
-	</maintainer>
+	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="sourceforge">roxterm</remote-id>
 	</upstream>