diff --git a/sci-visualization/gcalc/metadata.xml b/sci-visualization/gcalc/metadata.xml
index d550785466c83..32258c002cc23 100644
--- a/sci-visualization/gcalc/metadata.xml
+++ b/sci-visualization/gcalc/metadata.xml
@@ -9,6 +9,4 @@
 	<email>sci@gentoo.org</email>
 	<name>Gentoo Science Project</name>
 </maintainer>
-<longdescription lang="en">
-</longdescription>
 </pkgmetadata>