diff --git a/dev-python/passlib/metadata.xml b/dev-python/passlib/metadata.xml
index edca8675d1fb0..a4bd399c529ad 100644
--- a/dev-python/passlib/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/passlib/metadata.xml
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@
 		<email>python@gentoo.org</email>
 		<name>Python</name>
 	</maintainer>
-	<longdescription lang="en">
-		comprehensive password hashing framework supporting over 20 schemes
-	</longdescription>
 	<use>
 		<flag name="bcrypt">bcrpyt hash algoryptm support</flag>
 		<flag name="totp">time based one time password support</flag>