diff --git a/dev-python/autopep8/metadata.xml b/dev-python/autopep8/metadata.xml
index ab844e107fb5d..094891e2fd9a2 100644
--- a/dev-python/autopep8/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/autopep8/metadata.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
     <email>python@gentoo.org</email>
     <name>Python</name>
   </maintainer>
-  <longdescription>autopep8 formats Python code based on the output of the pep8 utility</longdescription>
   <upstream>
     <remote-id type="pypi">autopep8</remote-id>
     <remote-id type="github">hhatto/autopep8</remote-id>