diff --git a/dev-python/node-semver/metadata.xml b/dev-python/node-semver/metadata.xml
index 06beedd4c6bd6..b3e5528617410 100644
--- a/dev-python/node-semver/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/node-semver/metadata.xml
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@
 		<email>python@gentoo.org</email>
 		<name>Python</name>
 	</maintainer>
-	<longdescription lang="en">
-			Python port of the semantic versioner for npm (semver).
-	</longdescription>
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="pypi">node-semver</remote-id>
 		<remote-id type="github">podhmo/python-semver</remote-id>