diff --git a/app-misc/digitemp/metadata.xml b/app-misc/digitemp/metadata.xml
index b6ca52ee6baee..40363e3e40616 100644
--- a/app-misc/digitemp/metadata.xml
+++ b/app-misc/digitemp/metadata.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 	<maintainer type="person">
 		<email>wschlich@gentoo.org</email>
 		<name>Wolfram Schlich</name>
-		<description>Primary maintainer</description>
 	</maintainer>
 	<longdescription>
 DigiTemp is a simple to use program for reading values from 1-wire devices. Its