diff --git a/x11-misc/xystray/metadata.xml b/x11-misc/xystray/metadata.xml
index 321f44598b366..55af01b6339a9 100644
--- a/x11-misc/xystray/metadata.xml
+++ b/x11-misc/xystray/metadata.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 	<maintainer type="person">
                <email>Marek.Szuba@cern.ch</email>
                 <name>Marek Szuba</name>
-		<description>Proxied maintainer; set to assignee in all bugs</description>
 	</maintainer>
 	<maintainer type="project">
                 <email>proxy-maint@gentoo.org</email>