diff --git a/net-libs/libaxc/metadata.xml b/net-libs/libaxc/metadata.xml
index 98894c7cad99b..37bfda4938f09 100644
--- a/net-libs/libaxc/metadata.xml
+++ b/net-libs/libaxc/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>sping@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Sebastian Pipping</name>
-	</maintainer>
+	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="github">gkdr/axc</remote-id>
 	</upstream>
diff --git a/net-libs/libomemo/metadata.xml b/net-libs/libomemo/metadata.xml
index 5b29f2b47b164..333eb47aba2b3 100644
--- a/net-libs/libomemo/metadata.xml
+++ b/net-libs/libomemo/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>sping@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Sebastian Pipping</name>
-	</maintainer>
+	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="github">gkdr/libomemo</remote-id>
 	</upstream>
diff --git a/x11-plugins/lurch/metadata.xml b/x11-plugins/lurch/metadata.xml
index 3f7c99e12d7ca..4c63e7ad2e371 100644
--- a/x11-plugins/lurch/metadata.xml
+++ b/x11-plugins/lurch/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>sping@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Sebastian Pipping</name>
-	</maintainer>
+	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="github">gkdr/lurch</remote-id>
 	</upstream>