diff --git a/dev-perl/UUID-Tiny/metadata.xml b/dev-perl/UUID-Tiny/metadata.xml
index 6fe837cf7d9d1..68d880192b593 100644
--- a/dev-perl/UUID-Tiny/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-perl/UUID-Tiny/metadata.xml
@@ -3,11 +3,9 @@
 <pkgmetadata>
   <maintainer type="person">
     <email>c.affolter@purplehaze.ch</email>
-    <description>Maintainer</description>
   </maintainer>
   <maintainer type="person">
     <email>dev-zero@gentoo.org</email>
-    <description>Proxy maintainer</description>
   </maintainer>
   <maintainer type="project">
     <email>proxy-maint@gentoo.org</email>