diff --git a/sys-cluster/charliecloud/metadata.xml b/sys-cluster/charliecloud/metadata.xml
index 717eef3ca7a4c..101def06620cb 100644
--- a/sys-cluster/charliecloud/metadata.xml
+++ b/sys-cluster/charliecloud/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>