diff --git a/dev-dotnet/xdt-for-monodevelop/metadata.xml b/dev-dotnet/xdt-for-monodevelop/metadata.xml
index b56538edf2a51..f18a5e1f43cdc 100644
--- a/dev-dotnet/xdt-for-monodevelop/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-dotnet/xdt-for-monodevelop/metadata.xml
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
     <email>dotnet@gentoo.org</email>
     <name>Gentoo Dotnet Project</name>
   </maintainer>
-  <use>
-  </use>
   <upstream>
     <remote-id type="github">mrward/xdt</remote-id>
   </upstream>