diff --git a/dev-util/serialtalk/metadata.xml b/dev-util/serialtalk/metadata.xml
index cdeb0f4389250..0dd8b67910d78 100644
--- a/dev-util/serialtalk/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-util/serialtalk/metadata.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
   <maintainer type="person">
     <email>o.freyermuth@googlemail.com</email>
     <name>Oliver Freyermuth</name>
-    <description>Proxy-maintainer, assign bugs</description>
   </maintainer>
   <maintainer type="project">
     <email>proxy-maint@gentoo.org</email>