diff --git a/dev-python/oslo-utils/metadata.xml b/dev-python/oslo-utils/metadata.xml
index d62351b7c1092..3b307a0b67f23 100644
--- a/dev-python/oslo-utils/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/oslo-utils/metadata.xml
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@
 		<email>openstack@gentoo.org</email>
 		<name>Openstack</name>
 	</maintainer>
-	<longdescription lang="en">
-	</longdescription>
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="pypi">oslo.utils</remote-id>
 		<remote-id type="launchpad">oslo</remote-id>