diff --git a/games-roguelike/nethack/metadata.xml b/games-roguelike/nethack/metadata.xml
index e845c650af5e4..b4c23c3cf2d88 100644
--- a/games-roguelike/nethack/metadata.xml
+++ b/games-roguelike/nethack/metadata.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 	<maintainer type="person">
 		<email>aranea@aixah.de</email>
 		<name>Luis Ressel</name>
-		<description>Proxied maintainer; set to assignee in all bugs</description>
 	</maintainer>
 	<maintainer type="project">
 		<email>proxy-maint@gentoo.org</email>