diff --git a/dev-python/werkzeug/metadata.xml b/dev-python/werkzeug/metadata.xml
index cc1d62c68b62f..c576c012fd484 100644
--- a/dev-python/werkzeug/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/werkzeug/metadata.xml
@@ -5,10 +5,6 @@
     <email>python@gentoo.org</email>
     <name>Python</name>
   </maintainer>
-  <longdescription>
-  Werkzeug is a WSGI utility library. It can serve as the basis for a
-  custom framework.
-</longdescription>
   <upstream>
     <remote-id type="pypi">Werkzeug</remote-id>
   </upstream>