diff --git a/sys-kernel/bliss-initramfs/metadata.xml b/sys-kernel/bliss-initramfs/metadata.xml
index b09c5a9a69bf5..7cb74c4691c2b 100644
--- a/sys-kernel/bliss-initramfs/metadata.xml
+++ b/sys-kernel/bliss-initramfs/metadata.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-    <maintainer type="person">
-        <email>fearedbliss@gentoo.org</email>
-        <name>Jonathan Vasquez</name>
-    </maintainer>
+    <!--maintainer-needed-->
     <upstream>
         <remote-id type="github">fearedbliss/bliss-initramfs</remote-id>
     </upstream>
diff --git a/sys-kernel/bliss-kernel-bin/metadata.xml b/sys-kernel/bliss-kernel-bin/metadata.xml
index f56f258ae814d..5c3f9d281df01 100644
--- a/sys-kernel/bliss-kernel-bin/metadata.xml
+++ b/sys-kernel/bliss-kernel-bin/metadata.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-    <maintainer type="person">
-        <email>fearedbliss@gentoo.org</email>
-        <name>Jonathan Vasquez</name>
-    </maintainer>
+    <!--maintainer-needed-->
     <use>
         <flag name='initramfs'>Build initramfs along with the kernel.</flag>
     </use>