diff --git a/dev-python/sphinxcontrib-asyncio/metadata.xml b/dev-python/sphinxcontrib-asyncio/metadata.xml
index 3e53d9a23e988..6f73ef4c918dc 100644
--- a/dev-python/sphinxcontrib-asyncio/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/sphinxcontrib-asyncio/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">aio-libs/sphinxcontrib-asyncio</remote-id>
 		<remote-id type="pypi">sphinxcontrib-asyncio</remote-id>