diff --git a/dev-ruby/postgres_ext/metadata.xml b/dev-ruby/postgres_ext/metadata.xml
index 11ae05e72f3a7..3d9ac2a2fc571 100644
--- a/dev-ruby/postgres_ext/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-ruby/postgres_ext/metadata.xml
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
     <email>zerochaos@gentoo.org</email>
     <name>Rick Farina</name>
   </maintainer>
-<longdescription lang="en">
-</longdescription>
   <upstream>
     <remote-id type="github">dockyard/postgres_ext</remote-id>
   </upstream>