diff --git a/dev-libs/UTF8Strings/metadata.xml b/dev-libs/UTF8Strings/metadata.xml
index 1b233acd72c77..21ee7cb4f2a84 100644
--- a/dev-libs/UTF8Strings/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-libs/UTF8Strings/metadata.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
   <maintainer type="person">
     <email>gorelov@grigory.info</email>
     <name>Gorelov Grigory</name>
-    <description>Maintainer and upstream developer.</description>
   </maintainer>
   <maintainer type="project">
     <email>proxy-maint@gentoo.org</email>