diff --git a/dev-java/icedtea/metadata.xml b/dev-java/icedtea/metadata.xml
index 533bc719560c7..10578ad3a5f80 100644
--- a/dev-java/icedtea/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-java/icedtea/metadata.xml
@@ -4,12 +4,10 @@
 <maintainer type="person">
   <email>gnu_andrew@member.fsf.org</email>
   <name>Andrew John Hughes</name>
-  <description>Proxy Maintainer</description>
 </maintainer>
 <maintainer type="person">
   <email>chewi@gentoo.org</email>
   <name>James Le Cuirot</name>
-  <description>Committer</description>
 </maintainer>
 <maintainer type="project">
   <email>java@gentoo.org</email>