diff --git a/dev-python/flake8-polyfill/metadata.xml b/dev-python/flake8-polyfill/metadata.xml
index 20eb74d8e93da..8f3fcce9a54b5 100644
--- a/dev-python/flake8-polyfill/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/flake8-polyfill/metadata.xml
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@
 		<email>alunduil@gentoo.org</email>
 		<name>Alex Brandt</name>
 	</maintainer>
-	<longdescription lang="en">
-	</longdescription>
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="pypi">flake8-polyfill</remote-id>
 	</upstream>