diff --git a/sys-apps/intel-performance-counter-monitor/metadata.xml b/sys-apps/intel-performance-counter-monitor/metadata.xml
index bd86cbead4901..0aa48ac2964f1 100644
--- a/sys-apps/intel-performance-counter-monitor/metadata.xml
+++ b/sys-apps/intel-performance-counter-monitor/metadata.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 	<maintainer type="person">
 		<email>brendan@horan.hk</email>
 		<name>Brendan 'undersys' Horan</name>
-		<description>Primary Maintainer, Assign bugs to him</description>
 	</maintainer>
 <maintainer type="project">
 		<email>proxy-maint@gentoo.org</email>