diff --git a/dev-python/gevent-socketio/metadata.xml b/dev-python/gevent-socketio/metadata.xml
index 2b004dbf709f4..79b9fa10461f7 100644
--- a/dev-python/gevent-socketio/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/gevent-socketio/metadata.xml
@@ -4,12 +4,10 @@
   <maintainer type="person">
     <email>ultrabug@gentoo.org</email>
     <name>Ultrabug</name>
-    <description>main maintainer</description>
   </maintainer>
   <maintainer type="person">
     <email>julien@thebault.co</email>
     <name>Lujeni</name>
-    <description>Proxy Maintainer. CC on bugs</description>
   </maintainer>
   <maintainer type="project">
     <email>python@gentoo.org</email>