diff --git a/dev-cpp/scnlib/metadata.xml b/dev-cpp/scnlib/metadata.xml
index 3eb942df4b..42c88916d5 100644
--- a/dev-cpp/scnlib/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-cpp/scnlib/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>stffn.mobil@freenet.de</email>
-    <name>Steffen Winter</name>
-  </maintainer>
+  <!-- maintainer-needed -->
   <upstream>
     <remote-id type="github">eliaskosunen/scnlib</remote-id>
   </upstream>
diff --git a/dev-cpp/simdutf/metadata.xml b/dev-cpp/simdutf/metadata.xml
index 660df2035d..78195bff2b 100644
--- a/dev-cpp/simdutf/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-cpp/simdutf/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>stffn.mobil@freenet.de</email>
-    <name>Steffen Winter</name>
-  </maintainer>
+  <!-- maintainer-needed -->
   <upstream>
     <remote-id type="github">simdutf/simdutf</remote-id>
   </upstream>
diff --git a/dev-vcs/jj/metadata.xml b/dev-vcs/jj/metadata.xml
index c98737c908..86d304325b 100644
--- a/dev-vcs/jj/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-vcs/jj/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>stffn.mobil@freenet.de</email>
-    <name>Steffen Winter</name>
-  </maintainer>
   <maintainer type="person">
     <name>demize</name>
     <email>demize@unstable.systems</email>