diff --git a/dev-python/bpython/metadata.xml b/dev-python/bpython/metadata.xml
index 3c0847fc9fc9b..b454c517c2fc8 100644
--- a/dev-python/bpython/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/bpython/metadata.xml
@@ -9,10 +9,6 @@
 		<email>python@gentoo.org</email>
 		<name>Python</name>
 	</maintainer>
-	<longdescription>
-		Syntax highlighting and autocompletion
-		for the python interpreter
-	</longdescription>
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="pypi">bpython</remote-id>
 		<remote-id type="bitbucket">bobf/bpython</remote-id>