diff --git a/dev-util/xmlindent/metadata.xml b/dev-util/xmlindent/metadata.xml
index 2e88252442f97..9cd695dbdcf0d 100644
--- a/dev-util/xmlindent/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-util/xmlindent/metadata.xml
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 		<email>monsieurp@gentoo.org</email>
 		<name>Patrice Clement</name>
 	</maintainer>
-	<longdescription lang="en">
-	</longdescription>
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="sourceforge">xmlindent</remote-id>
 	</upstream>