diff --git a/dev-java/icedtea-sound/metadata.xml b/dev-java/icedtea-sound/metadata.xml
index c9fa532b5f991..05fd5cab7ec24 100644
--- a/dev-java/icedtea-sound/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-java/icedtea-sound/metadata.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
   <maintainer type="person">
     <email>gnu_andrew@member.fsf.org</email>
     <name>Andrew John Hughes</name>
-    <description>Proxy Maintainer</description>
   </maintainer>
   <maintainer type="project">
     <email>java@gentoo.org</email>