diff --git a/dev-python/fuzzywuzzy/metadata.xml b/dev-python/fuzzywuzzy/metadata.xml
index 6722457a26acc..63eadc1cbd10e 100644
--- a/dev-python/fuzzywuzzy/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/fuzzywuzzy/metadata.xml
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@
 		<email>alunduil@gentoo.org</email>
 		<name>Alex Brandt</name>
 	</maintainer>
-	<longdescription lang="en">
-	</longdescription>
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="github">seatgeek/fuzzywuzzy</remote-id>
 		<remote-id type="pypi">fuzzywuzzy</remote-id>