diff --git a/dev-python/flask-cors/metadata.xml b/dev-python/flask-cors/metadata.xml
index d5adccbf30595..c49fbc0234ea8 100644
--- a/dev-python/flask-cors/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/flask-cors/metadata.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
   <maintainer type="person">
     <email>wking@tremily.us</email>
     <name>W. Trevor King</name>
-    <description>proxy maintainer</description>
   </maintainer>
   <maintainer type="project">
     <email>proxy-maint@gentoo.org</email>