diff --git a/dev-python/enum34/metadata.xml b/dev-python/enum34/metadata.xml
index f3d094ac63daf..be52cebea38f7 100644
--- a/dev-python/enum34/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/enum34/metadata.xml
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@
     <email>python@gentoo.org</email>
     <name>Python</name>
   </maintainer>
-  <longdescription lang="en">
-	</longdescription>
   <upstream>
     <remote-id type="pypi">enum34</remote-id>
   </upstream>