diff --git a/app-editors/amp/metadata.xml b/app-editors/amp/metadata.xml
index e9a1043ee6..2aa125110e 100644
--- a/app-editors/amp/metadata.xml
+++ b/app-editors/amp/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>degni.public@gmail.com</email>
-		<name>Luciano Degni</name>
-	</maintainer>
+	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="github">jmacdonald/amp</remote-id>
 	</upstream>
diff --git a/app-misc/macchina/metadata.xml b/app-misc/macchina/metadata.xml
index fa694bac51..bec5271177 100644
--- a/app-misc/macchina/metadata.xml
+++ b/app-misc/macchina/metadata.xml
@@ -5,11 +5,6 @@
 		<email>rmicielski@purelymail.com</email>
 		<name>Remigiusz Micielski</name>
 	</maintainer>
-	<maintainer type="person">
-		<email>degni.public@gmail.com</email>
-		<name>Luciano Degni</name>
-		<description>Inactive</description>
-	</maintainer>
 	<upstream>
 		<doc>https://github.com/Macchina-CLI/macchina/wiki</doc>
 		<bugs-to>https://github.com/Macchina-CLI/macchina/issues</bugs-to>
diff --git a/app-misc/xplr/metadata.xml b/app-misc/xplr/metadata.xml
index d3e89d5992..e5b412c758 100644
--- a/app-misc/xplr/metadata.xml
+++ b/app-misc/xplr/metadata.xml
@@ -5,11 +5,6 @@
 		<email>rmicielski@purelymail.com</email>
 		<name>Remigiusz Micielski</name>
 	</maintainer>
-	<maintainer type="person">
-		<email>degni.public@gmail.com</email>
-		<name>Luciano Degni</name>
-		<description>Inactive</description>
-	</maintainer>
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="github">sayanarijit/xplr</remote-id>
 		<doc>https://xplr.dev/en/</doc>
diff --git a/gui-apps/eww/metadata.xml b/gui-apps/eww/metadata.xml
index 6159c93a8f..9a78fbba4f 100644
--- a/gui-apps/eww/metadata.xml
+++ b/gui-apps/eww/metadata.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-	<maintainer type="person">
-		<email>degni.public@gmail.com</email>
-		<name>Luciano Degni</name>
-	</maintainer>
 	<maintainer type="person">
 		<email>pascal.jaeger@leimstift.de</email>
 		<name>Pascal Jäger</name>
diff --git a/x11-misc/gobble/metadata.xml b/x11-misc/gobble/metadata.xml
index 015baeb255..764ea3275b 100644
--- a/x11-misc/gobble/metadata.xml
+++ b/x11-misc/gobble/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>degni.public@gmail.com</email>
-		<name>Luciano Degni</name>
-	</maintainer>
+	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
 	<upstream>
 		<doc>https://github.com/EmperorPenguin18/gobble</doc>
 		<bugs-to>https://github.com/EmperorPenguin18/gobble/issues</bugs-to>
diff --git a/x11-misc/leftwm-theme/metadata.xml b/x11-misc/leftwm-theme/metadata.xml
index ccc013c0a5..5767d85dd2 100644
--- a/x11-misc/leftwm-theme/metadata.xml
+++ b/x11-misc/leftwm-theme/metadata.xml
@@ -5,11 +5,6 @@
 		<email>rmicielski@purelymail.com</email>
 		<name>Remigiusz Micielski</name>
 	</maintainer>
-	<maintainer type="person">
-		<email>degni.public@gmail.com</email>
-		<name>Luciano Degni</name>
-		<description>Inactive</description>
-	</maintainer>
 	<upstream>
 		<doc>https://github.com/leftwm/leftwm-theme</doc>
 		<bugs-to>https://github.com/leftwm/leftwm-theme/issues</bugs-to>
diff --git a/x11-wm/dk/metadata.xml b/x11-wm/dk/metadata.xml
index d3ee7d1800..387bdfc123 100644
--- a/x11-wm/dk/metadata.xml
+++ b/x11-wm/dk/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>degni.public@gmail.com</email>
-		<name>Luciano Degni</name>
-	</maintainer>
+	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
 	<upstream>
 		<doc>https://bitbucket.org/natemaia/dk/src/master/</doc>
 		<bugs-to>https://bitbucket.org/natemaia/dk/issue</bugs-to>
diff --git a/x11-wm/leftwm/metadata.xml b/x11-wm/leftwm/metadata.xml
index 50006488ba..938c499723 100644
--- a/x11-wm/leftwm/metadata.xml
+++ b/x11-wm/leftwm/metadata.xml
@@ -6,11 +6,6 @@
 		<email>rmicielski@purelymail.com</email>
 		<description>Primary maintainer</description>
 	</maintainer>
-	<maintainer type="person">
-		<name>Luciano Degni</name>
-		<email>degni.public@gmail.com</email>
-		<description>Inactive</description>
-	</maintainer>
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="github">leftwm/leftwm</remote-id>
 		<doc>https://github.com/leftwm/leftwm/wiki/Config</doc>