diff --git a/dev-java/jnr-ffi/metadata.xml b/dev-java/jnr-ffi/metadata.xml
index 00c3b43a47b18..8554bb04eb461 100644
--- a/dev-java/jnr-ffi/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-java/jnr-ffi/metadata.xml
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
     <email>java@gentoo.org</email>
     <name>Java</name>
   </maintainer>
-  <longdescription lang="en">
-</longdescription>
   <upstream>
     <remote-id type="github">jnr/jnr-ffi</remote-id>
   </upstream>