diff --git a/media-plugins/vdr-dvd/metadata.xml b/media-plugins/vdr-dvd/metadata.xml
index dd16e5bcd1b24..92f7fa7cc50a5 100644
--- a/media-plugins/vdr-dvd/metadata.xml
+++ b/media-plugins/vdr-dvd/metadata.xml
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@
 		<email>vdr@gentoo.org</email>
 		<name>Gentoo VDR Project</name>
 	</maintainer>
-	<longdescription>
-		This is the DVD plugin for the Video Disk Recorder (VDR)
-	</longdescription>
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="sourceforge">dvdplugin</remote-id>
 	</upstream>