diff --git a/dev-python/monotonic/metadata.xml b/dev-python/monotonic/metadata.xml
index 56277127c179f..4e03e26bbd506 100644
--- a/dev-python/monotonic/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/monotonic/metadata.xml
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 		<email>alunduil@gentoo.org</email>
 		<name>Alex Brandt</name>
 	</maintainer>
-	<longdescription lang="en">
-	</longdescription>
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="pypi">monotonic</remote-id>
 		<remote-id type="github">atdt/monotonic</remote-id>