diff --git a/dev-python/ipyparallel/metadata.xml b/dev-python/ipyparallel/metadata.xml
index 8dc764ef68b24..8edacf7e68edd 100644
--- a/dev-python/ipyparallel/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/ipyparallel/metadata.xml
@@ -9,10 +9,6 @@
     <email>python@gentoo.org</email>
     <name>Python</name>
   </maintainer>
-  <longdescription>
-    Interactive Parallel Computing with IPython.
-    ipyparallel is the new home of IPython.parallel.
-  </longdescription>
   <upstream>
     <remote-id type="pypi">ipyparallel</remote-id>
     <remote-id type="github">ipython/ipyparallel</remote-id>