diff --git a/sys-boot/winusb/metadata.xml b/sys-boot/winusb/metadata.xml
index f3b74e3d80ae5..097975e3adc26 100644
--- a/sys-boot/winusb/metadata.xml
+++ b/sys-boot/winusb/metadata.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-<longdescription lang="en">
-</longdescription>
 </pkgmetadata>