diff --git a/app-misc/glow/metadata.xml b/app-misc/glow/metadata.xml
index 94b91030f5..195463a3f0 100644
--- a/app-misc/glow/metadata.xml
+++ b/app-misc/glow/metadata.xml
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-  <maintainer type="person">
   <!-- maintainer needed -->
-  </maintainer>
   <upstream>
     <remote-id type="github">charmbracelet/glow</remote-id>
   </upstream>
diff --git a/app-misc/superfile/metadata.xml b/app-misc/superfile/metadata.xml
index 18182e49ea..acaeee6a37 100644
--- a/app-misc/superfile/metadata.xml
+++ b/app-misc/superfile/metadata.xml
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-  <maintainer type="person">
   <!-- maintainer needed -->
-  </maintainer>
 <longdescription lang="en">
 Superfile is a very fancy and modern terminal file manager that can complete the file operations you need!!
 It can be said that good-looking is the original intention of superfile, so the entire superfile should be as beautiful as possible.
diff --git a/dev-util/docker-language-server/metadata.xml b/dev-util/docker-language-server/metadata.xml
index f16598d90f..038391c3fb 100644
--- a/dev-util/docker-language-server/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-util/docker-language-server/metadata.xml
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-  <maintainer type="person">
   <!-- maintainer needed -->
-  </maintainer>
   <upstream>
     <remote-id type="github">docker/docker-language-server</remote-id>
   </upstream>
diff --git a/dev-util/tinyxxd/metadata.xml b/dev-util/tinyxxd/metadata.xml
index 1e1d6e35f6..201177cac1 100644
--- a/dev-util/tinyxxd/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-util/tinyxxd/metadata.xml
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-  <maintainer type="person">
   <!-- maintainer needed -->
-  </maintainer>
   <longdescription lang="en">
   tinyxxd is a standalone fork of xxd, a slight modernization of the C code, a slight performance increase and a drop-in
   replacement for xxd. It contains the same logic and supports the exact same flags. tinyxxd can be useful in connection
diff --git a/dev-util/tombi/metadata.xml b/dev-util/tombi/metadata.xml
index 9bdbccffc0..757aa04f8e 100644
--- a/dev-util/tombi/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-util/tombi/metadata.xml
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-  <maintainer type="person">
   <!-- maintainer needed -->
-  </maintainer>
   <upstream>
     <remote-id type="github">tombi-toml/tombi</remote-id>
   </upstream>
diff --git a/games-util/protonup-rs/metadata.xml b/games-util/protonup-rs/metadata.xml
index 0a47a8e2ef..a01a051c50 100644
--- a/games-util/protonup-rs/metadata.xml
+++ b/games-util/protonup-rs/metadata.xml
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-  <maintainer type="person">
   <!-- maintainer needed -->
-  </maintainer>
   <upstream>
     <remote-id type="github">auyer/Protonup-rs</remote-id>
   </upstream>
diff --git a/media-sound/mpd-discord-rpc/metadata.xml b/media-sound/mpd-discord-rpc/metadata.xml
index c12a0ef570..8e81279051 100644
--- a/media-sound/mpd-discord-rpc/metadata.xml
+++ b/media-sound/mpd-discord-rpc/metadata.xml
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-  <maintainer type="person">
   <!-- maintainer needed -->
-  </maintainer>
   <upstream>
     <remote-id type="github">jakestanger/mpd-discord-rpc</remote-id>
   </upstream>
diff --git a/www-client/chawan/metadata.xml b/www-client/chawan/metadata.xml
index 38d7187ad8..8bd4b864e6 100644
--- a/www-client/chawan/metadata.xml
+++ b/www-client/chawan/metadata.xml
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-  <maintainer type="person">
   <!-- maintainer needed -->
-  </maintainer>
   <longdescription>
     Chawan is a text-mode web browser and pager for Unix-like systems, with a focus on implementing modern web standards
     while remaining self-contained, easy to understand and extensible. It includes functionality like CSS, inline images
diff --git a/www-plugins/tridactyl-native/metadata.xml b/www-plugins/tridactyl-native/metadata.xml
index ad8d67c312..d54a4c95f0 100644
--- a/www-plugins/tridactyl-native/metadata.xml
+++ b/www-plugins/tridactyl-native/metadata.xml
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-  <maintainer type="person">
   <!-- maintainer needed -->
-  </maintainer>
   <longdescription>
     This small application allows Tridactyl to communicate with your system, allowing Tridactyl to read files on your
     computer, including "RC" configuration files; write files to your computer launch applications, including opening