diff --git a/dev-python/notify2/metadata.xml b/dev-python/notify2/metadata.xml
index 04383ae4a55e3..f05b38bba4f5b 100644
--- a/dev-python/notify2/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/notify2/metadata.xml
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@
 		<email>prometheanfire@gentoo.org</email>
 		<name>Matthew Thode</name>
 	</maintainer>
-	<longdescription lang="en">
-	</longdescription>
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="bitbucket">takluyver/pynotify2</remote-id>
 		<remote-id type="pypi">notify2</remote-id>