diff --git a/dev-php/pecl-xrange/metadata.xml b/dev-php/pecl-xrange/metadata.xml
index be2bd5a91f56b..b86acf66c7569 100644
--- a/dev-php/pecl-xrange/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-php/pecl-xrange/metadata.xml
@@ -5,6 +5,4 @@
 		<email>php-bugs@gentoo.org</email>
 		<name>PHP</name>
 	</maintainer>
-	<longdescription lang="en">
-	</longdescription>
 </pkgmetadata>