diff --git a/x11-themes/tactile3/metadata.xml b/x11-themes/tactile3/metadata.xml
index 419a8bd397af9..97fe076fb75f8 100644
--- a/x11-themes/tactile3/metadata.xml
+++ b/x11-themes/tactile3/metadata.xml
@@ -14,6 +14,4 @@
 <email>proxy-maint@gentoo.org</email>
 <name>Proxy Maintainers</name>
 </maintainer>
-<longdescription lang="en">
-</longdescription>
 </pkgmetadata>