diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/crosswalk/XHTMLHeadDisseminationCrosswalk.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/crosswalk/XHTMLHeadDisseminationCrosswalk.java
index 6437b2d715..53ebbc8d2b 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/crosswalk/XHTMLHeadDisseminationCrosswalk.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/crosswalk/XHTMLHeadDisseminationCrosswalk.java
@@ -232,6 +232,9 @@ public class XHTMLHeadDisseminationCrosswalk extends SelfNamedPlugin implements
                 key = v.schema + "." + v.element;
                 name = names.get(key);
             }
+		    
+            // Do not include description.provenance
+            boolean provenance = "description".equals(v.element) && "provenance".equals(v.qualifier);
 
             if (name == null)
             {
@@ -244,7 +247,7 @@ public class XHTMLHeadDisseminationCrosswalk extends SelfNamedPlugin implements
                                     : handle) + " field " + originalKey);
                }
             }
-            else
+            else if (provenance != true)
             {
                 Element e = new Element("meta", XHTML_NAMESPACE);
                 e.setAttribute("name", name);
diff --git a/dspace/CHANGES b/dspace/CHANGES
index 11a693ca27..b2d423cc73 100644
--- a/dspace/CHANGES
+++ b/dspace/CHANGES
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
  - [2057231] Refactor LDAPServlet to use Stackable Authentication
  - Enable ldap.login.specialgroup special group for all LDAP users
  - Fix for SF bug [2164955] DSpace1.5.1(XML) problem with Login to restricted bitstreams
+ - Fix for SF bug [2343281] XHTML Head Dissimination Crosswalk exposes provenance info
 
 (Stuart Lewis / Chris Yates / Flavio Botelho / Alex Barbieri / Reuben Pasquini)
  - [2057378] Hierarchical LDAP support