diff --git a/dev-python/parse/metadata.xml b/dev-python/parse/metadata.xml
index 9a74e7bccf9c7..3a8356cdb06c8 100644
--- a/dev-python/parse/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/parse/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">parse</remote-id>
 		<remote-id type="github">r1chardj0n3s/parse</remote-id>