diff --git a/dev-python/nltk/metadata.xml b/dev-python/nltk/metadata.xml
index 9ffc5fed3f90d..2e15285d6835f 100644
--- a/dev-python/nltk/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/nltk/metadata.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
   <maintainer type="person">
     <email>clabbe.montjoie@gmail.com</email>
     <name>LABBE Corentin (Montjoie)</name>
-    <description>Maintainer. Assign bugs to him</description>
   </maintainer>
   <maintainer type="project">
     <email>proxy-maint@gentoo.org</email>