diff --git a/dev-java/jortho/metadata.xml b/dev-java/jortho/metadata.xml
index 37cfb6b7d7b77..0149fc6a49071 100644
--- a/dev-java/jortho/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-java/jortho/metadata.xml
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 		<email>java@gentoo.org</email>
 		<name>Java</name>
 	</maintainer>
-	<longdescription lang="en">
-  </longdescription>
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="sourceforge">jortho</remote-id>
 	</upstream>