diff --git a/app-misc/krabby/metadata.xml b/app-misc/krabby/metadata.xml
index f123b03c39..21eb0b0fb5 100644
--- a/app-misc/krabby/metadata.xml
+++ b/app-misc/krabby/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>pieter.kn0101@gmail.com</email>
-		<name>Pieter</name>
-	</maintainer>
+	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="github">yannjor/krabby</remote-id>
 	</upstream>
diff --git a/app-misc/pastel/metadata.xml b/app-misc/pastel/metadata.xml
index 0a7343107e..edd1134bd0 100644
--- a/app-misc/pastel/metadata.xml
+++ b/app-misc/pastel/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>pieter.kn0101@gmail.com</email>
-		<name>Pieter</name>
-	</maintainer>
+	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="github">sharkdp/pastel</remote-id>
 	</upstream>
diff --git a/gui-apps/awww/metadata.xml b/gui-apps/awww/metadata.xml
index 75489a657a..6f0512820b 100644
--- a/gui-apps/awww/metadata.xml
+++ b/gui-apps/awww/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>pieter.kn0101@gmail.com</email>
-        <name>Pieter</name>
-    </maintainer>
+	 <!-- maintainer-needed -->
     <upstream>
         <remote-id type="codeberg">LGFae/awww</remote-id>
         <bugs-to>https://codeberg.org/LGFae/awww/issues</bugs-to>
diff --git a/media-sound/goxlr-utility/metadata.xml b/media-sound/goxlr-utility/metadata.xml
index 5167d0a0ae..e5b2fe4af7 100644
--- a/media-sound/goxlr-utility/metadata.xml
+++ b/media-sound/goxlr-utility/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>pieter.kn0101@gmail.com</email>
-		<name>Pieter</name>
-	</maintainer>
+	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
 	<use>
 	<flag name="tts">Accessibility feature adding TTS capabilities to report button presses.</flag>
 	</use>