diff --git a/dev-python/mypy/metadata.xml b/dev-python/mypy/metadata.xml
index f0ccdfa4f4f43..12cd662fd7d28 100644
--- a/dev-python/mypy/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/mypy/metadata.xml
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 		<email>alunduil@gentoo.org</email>
 		<name>Alex Brandt</name>
 	</maintainer>
-	<longdescription lang="en">
-	</longdescription>
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="github">JukkaL/mypy</remote-id>
 	</upstream>