diff --git a/dev-python/BitVector/metadata.xml b/dev-python/BitVector/metadata.xml
index 9a7ac77a2bdfe..a2dbc076e2da5 100644
--- a/dev-python/BitVector/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/BitVector/metadata.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,4 @@
 		<email>python@gentoo.org</email>
 		<name>Python</name>
 	</maintainer>
-	<longdescription>
-		A pure-Python memory-efficient packed representation for bit arrays
-	</longdescription>
 </pkgmetadata>