diff --git a/sys-apps/frandom/metadata.xml b/sys-apps/frandom/metadata.xml
index 34ddd813ab989..423ed6917d9c7 100644
--- a/sys-apps/frandom/metadata.xml
+++ b/sys-apps/frandom/metadata.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
   <maintainer type="person">
     <email>zerochaos@gentoo.org</email>
     <name>Rick Farina</name>
-    <description>maintainer</description>
   </maintainer>
   <upstream>
     <remote-id type="sourceforge">frandom</remote-id>