diff --git a/dev-php/pecl-zmq/metadata.xml b/dev-php/pecl-zmq/metadata.xml
index 2a821e97a9cb7..0a03180aed3b5 100644
--- a/dev-php/pecl-zmq/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-php/pecl-zmq/metadata.xml
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 		<email>php-bugs@gentoo.org</email>
 		<name>PHP</name>
 	</maintainer>
-	<longdescription lang="en">
-	</longdescription>
 	<use>
 		<flag name="czmq">Use the czmq high level bindings</flag>
 	</use>