diff --git a/dev-texlive/texlive-science/metadata.xml b/dev-texlive/texlive-science/metadata.xml
index 0532270d30699..c4b55593420b9 100644
--- a/dev-texlive/texlive-science/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-texlive/texlive-science/metadata.xml
@@ -9,6 +9,4 @@
 		<email>tex@gentoo.org</email>
 		<name>Gentoo TeX Project</name>
 	</maintainer>
-<longdescription lang="en">
-</longdescription>
 </pkgmetadata>