diff --git a/dev-python/execnet/metadata.xml b/dev-python/execnet/metadata.xml
index 780195f0f3ee7..8c51d7adc02cc 100644
--- a/dev-python/execnet/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/execnet/metadata.xml
@@ -9,10 +9,6 @@
 		<email>python@gentoo.org</email>
 		<name>Python</name>
 	</maintainer>
-	<longdescription>
-		Interact with Python interpreters
-		across version, platform and network barriers.
-	</longdescription>
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="pypi">execnet</remote-id>
 	</upstream>