diff --git a/dev-python/rednose/metadata.xml b/dev-python/rednose/metadata.xml
index 760b00ef12cb2..d42e4154b80d9 100644
--- a/dev-python/rednose/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/rednose/metadata.xml
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
     <email>alunduil@gentoo.org</email>
     <name>Alex Brandt</name>
   </maintainer>
-  <longdescription lang="en">
-	</longdescription>
   <upstream>
     <remote-id type="pypi">rednose</remote-id>
   </upstream>