diff --git a/dev-python/python-ironicclient/metadata.xml b/dev-python/python-ironicclient/metadata.xml
index cc25c556f9b2f..5c21eab672fa1 100644
--- a/dev-python/python-ironicclient/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/python-ironicclient/metadata.xml
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@
 		<email>prometheanfire@gentoo.org</email>
 		<name>Matthew Thode</name>
 	</maintainer>
-	<longdescription lang="en">
-		API bindings and client for the OpenStack bare metal provisioning service.
-	</longdescription>
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="pypi">python-ironicclient</remote-id>
 	</upstream>