diff --git a/dev-python/locket/metadata.xml b/dev-python/locket/metadata.xml
index 9aea7a2046ada..a445a1d992dc9 100644
--- a/dev-python/locket/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/locket/metadata.xml
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@
     <email>python@gentoo.org</email>
     <name>Python</name>
   </maintainer>
-  <longdescription lang="en">
-    Locket implements a lock that can be used by multiple processes provided they use the same path.
-  </longdescription>
   <upstream>
     <remote-id type="pypi">locket</remote-id>
     <remote-id type="github">mwilliamson/locket.py</remote-id>