diff --git a/docs/guides/registration.md b/docs/guides/registration.md
index d61fa63..d1f3e21 100644
--- a/docs/guides/registration.md
+++ b/docs/guides/registration.md
@@ -211,7 +211,6 @@ The service sends this payload to the orchestrator:
     "id": "my-service",
     "display_name": "My Service",
     "version": "1.0.0",
-    "summary": "Service description",
     ...
   }
 }
diff --git a/examples/app_hosting/main.py b/examples/app_hosting/main.py
index e0025e7..e7634a3 100644
--- a/examples/app_hosting/main.py
+++ b/examples/app_hosting/main.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
             id="app-hosting-demo",
             display_name="App Hosting Demo",
             version="1.0.0",
-            summary="Demonstrates hosting static web apps with servicekit",
             description="This service hosts a sample dashboard app at /dashboard",
         )
     )
diff --git a/examples/auth_basic/main.py b/examples/auth_basic/main.py
index a9374ec..f6f08e2 100644
--- a/examples/auth_basic/main.py
+++ b/examples/auth_basic/main.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
             id="auth-basic-example",
             display_name="Authenticated API Example",
             version="1.0.0",
-            summary="Basic API key authentication example",
             description=(
                 "Demonstrates API key authentication with hardcoded keys for development. "
                 "Shows the simplest auth setup pattern using the with_auth() method with "
diff --git a/examples/auth_custom_header/main.py b/examples/auth_custom_header/main.py
index e878bcb..2c41a82 100644
--- a/examples/auth_custom_header/main.py
+++ b/examples/auth_custom_header/main.py
@@ -8,14 +8,11 @@
             id="auth-custom-header-example",
             display_name="API with Custom Authentication Header",
             version="1.0.0",
-            summary="API using custom header name for authentication",
             description=(
                 "Demonstrates custom authentication header configuration. "
                 "Uses 'X-Custom-Auth-Token' instead of default 'X-API-Key'. "
                 "Useful for legacy system integration or compliance requirements."
             ),
-            contact={"email": "api@example.com"},
-            license_info={"name": "MIT"},
         ),
     )
     .with_logging()
diff --git a/examples/auth_docker_secrets/main.py b/examples/auth_docker_secrets/main.py
index 5cf424b..319bf46 100644
--- a/examples/auth_docker_secrets/main.py
+++ b/examples/auth_docker_secrets/main.py
@@ -8,14 +8,11 @@
             id="auth-docker-secrets-example",
             display_name="Secure API with Docker Secrets",
             version="2.0.0",
-            summary="Production API using Docker secrets file for authentication",
             description=(
                 "Demonstrates Docker secrets file authentication pattern. "
                 "API keys are read from a file mounted as a Docker secret at runtime. "
                 "Compatible with Docker Compose, Docker Swarm, and Kubernetes."
             ),
-            contact={"email": "security@example.com"},
-            license_info={"name": "MIT"},
         ),
     )
     .with_logging()
diff --git a/examples/auth_envvar/main.py b/examples/auth_envvar/main.py
index 0d33f69..f2d38e1 100644
--- a/examples/auth_envvar/main.py
+++ b/examples/auth_envvar/main.py
@@ -8,14 +8,11 @@
             id="auth-envvar-example",
             display_name="Production API with Environment Variable Auth",
             version="2.0.0",
-            summary="Production-ready API using environment variables for authentication",
             description=(
                 "Demonstrates the recommended approach for production deployments: "
                 "reading API keys from SERVICEKIT_API_KEYS environment variable. "
                 "Supports multiple keys for zero-downtime rotation."
             ),
-            contact={"email": "ops@example.com"},
-            license_info={"name": "MIT"},
         ),
     )
     .with_logging()
diff --git a/examples/core_api/main.py b/examples/core_api/main.py
index f23925c..bcf9461 100644
--- a/examples/core_api/main.py
+++ b/examples/core_api/main.py
@@ -164,7 +164,6 @@ async def seed_users(app: FastAPI) -> None:
             id="core-user-service",
             display_name="Core User Service",
             version="1.0.0",
-            summary="User management API using core-only features",
             description="Demonstrates BaseServiceBuilder with custom entities, "
             "CRUD operations, health checks, and job scheduling without module dependencies.",
         )
diff --git a/examples/job_scheduler/main.py b/examples/job_scheduler/main.py
index 97b8273..553e322 100644
--- a/examples/job_scheduler/main.py
+++ b/examples/job_scheduler/main.py
@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@ async def get_computation_result(  # pyright: ignore[reportUnusedFunction]
 info = ServiceInfo(
     id="job-scheduler-demo",
     display_name="Job Scheduler Demo",
-    summary="Demonstrates async job scheduling with polling and SSE streaming",
     version="1.0.0",
     description=(
         "Shows two patterns for monitoring long-running jobs: "
diff --git a/examples/monitoring/main.py b/examples/monitoring/main.py
index cad4821..a8db149 100644
--- a/examples/monitoring/main.py
+++ b/examples/monitoring/main.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
             id="monitoring-example",
             display_name="Monitoring Example Service",
             version="1.0.0",
-            summary="Service with OpenTelemetry monitoring and Prometheus metrics",
             description="Demonstrates automatic instrumentation of FastAPI and SQLAlchemy "
             "with metrics exposed at /metrics endpoint. Includes health check endpoint.",
         )
diff --git a/examples/registration/main.py b/examples/registration/main.py
index 6a90058..81cdb8d 100644
--- a/examples/registration/main.py
+++ b/examples/registration/main.py
@@ -8,14 +8,11 @@
             id="registration-example",
             display_name="Registration Example Service",
             version="1.0.0",
-            summary="Demonstrates automatic service registration with orchestrator",
             description=(
                 "This service automatically registers itself with an orchestrator on startup. "
                 "The orchestrator can then discover and monitor this service. "
                 "Hostname is auto-detected from Docker container name."
             ),
-            contact={"email": "ops@example.com"},
-            license_info={"name": "MIT"},
         ),
     )
     .with_logging()
diff --git a/examples/registration/main_custom.py b/examples/registration/main_custom.py
index fe955f1..631b8bd 100644
--- a/examples/registration/main_custom.py
+++ b/examples/registration/main_custom.py
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ class CustomServiceInfo(ServiceInfo):
             id="custom-metadata-service",
             display_name="Custom Metadata Service",
             version="2.0.0",
-            summary="Demonstrates custom ServiceInfo with additional metadata",
             description=(
                 "This service uses a custom ServiceInfo subclass to include "
                 "additional metadata in the registration payload. The orchestrator "
diff --git a/examples/registration/orchestrator.py b/examples/registration/orchestrator.py
index 9d1a521..6fd8a91 100644
--- a/examples/registration/orchestrator.py
+++ b/examples/registration/orchestrator.py
@@ -265,7 +265,6 @@ async def lifespan(app: FastAPI):
             id="mock-orchestrator",
             display_name="Mock Orchestrator",
             version="1.0.0",
-            summary="Simple orchestrator for testing service registration",
             description=(
                 "Provides service registration endpoints for servicekit services to register themselves for discovery. "
                 f"Services must send keepalive pings within {TTL_SECONDS} seconds or they will be removed from the "
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9603fbc..5edea5a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "servicekit"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.8.1"
 description = "Async SQLAlchemy framework with FastAPI integration - reusable foundation for building data services"
 readme = "README.md"
 authors = [{ name = "Morten Hansen", email = "morten@winterop.com" }]
diff --git a/src/servicekit/api/apps/landing/index.html b/src/servicekit/api/apps/landing/index.html
index ef0bc30..77d4bf2 100644
--- a/src/servicekit/api/apps/landing/index.html
+++ b/src/servicekit/api/apps/landing/index.html
@@ -100,13 +100,6 @@
                     <div class="info-value">${info.version}</div>
                 </div>`);
 
-                if (info.summary) {
-                    items.push(`<div class="info-item">
-                        <div class="info-label">Summary</div>
-                        <div class="info-value">${info.summary}</div>
-                    </div>`);
-                }
-
                 if (info.description) {
                     items.push(`<div class="info-item">
                         <div class="info-label">Description</div>
@@ -114,22 +107,6 @@
                     </div>`);
                 }
 
-                if (info.contact) {
-                    const contactJson = JSON.stringify(info.contact, null, 2);
-                    items.push(`<div class="info-item">
-                        <div class="info-label">Contact</div>
-                        <div class="info-value"><pre>${contactJson}</pre></div>
-                    </div>`);
-                }
-
-                if (info.license_info) {
-                    const licenseJson = JSON.stringify(info.license_info, null, 2);
-                    items.push(`<div class="info-item">
-                        <div class="info-label">License</div>
-                        <div class="info-value"><pre>${licenseJson}</pre></div>
-                    </div>`);
-                }
-
                 items.push(`</div>`);
                 const contentEl = document.getElementById('content');
                 contentEl.className = '';
diff --git a/src/servicekit/api/service_builder.py b/src/servicekit/api/service_builder.py
index b50ac8e..a060270 100644
--- a/src/servicekit/api/service_builder.py
+++ b/src/servicekit/api/service_builder.py
@@ -103,10 +103,7 @@ class ServiceInfo(BaseModel):
     id: str
     display_name: str
     version: str = "1.0.0"
-    summary: str | None = None
     description: str | None = None
-    contact: dict[str, str] | None = None
-    license_info: dict[str, str] | None = None
 
     model_config = ConfigDict(extra="forbid")
 
@@ -134,13 +131,9 @@ def __init__(
         include_logging: bool = False,
     ) -> None:
         """Initialize base service builder with core options."""
-        if info.description is None and info.summary is not None:
-            # Preserve summary as description for FastAPI metadata if description missing
-            self.info = info.model_copy(update={"description": info.summary})
-        else:
-            self.info = info
+        self.info = info
         self._title = self.info.display_name
-        self._app_description = self.info.summary or self.info.description or ""
+        self._app_description = self.info.description or ""
         self._version = self.info.version
         self._database_url = database_url
         self._database_instance: Database | None = None
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 6d384b6..938c640 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -1129,7 +1129,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "servicekit"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.8.1"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "aiosqlite" },