diff --git a/net-nds/389-ds-base/metadata.xml b/net-nds/389-ds-base/metadata.xml
index 5f1b11d4bad0f..55831e027b4c7 100644
--- a/net-nds/389-ds-base/metadata.xml
+++ b/net-nds/389-ds-base/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>wes@sol1.com.au</email>
-		<name>Wes</name>
-	</maintainer>
-	<maintainer type="project">
-		<email>proxy-maint@gentoo.org</email>
-		<name>Proxy Maintainers</name>
-	</maintainer>
+	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
 	<longdescription>The enterprise-class Open Source LDAP server for Linux
 	</longdescription> 
 <use>