diff --git a/app-backup/buttersink/metadata.xml b/app-backup/buttersink/metadata.xml
index d80abca98b5f5..84753a2bfbad5 100644
--- a/app-backup/buttersink/metadata.xml
+++ b/app-backup/buttersink/metadata.xml
@@ -7,5 +7,4 @@
   <maintainer type="project">
     <email>proxy-maint@gentoo.org</email>
   </maintainer>
-  <longdescription>rsync-like utility for btrfs snapshots</longdescription>
 </pkgmetadata>