diff --git a/dev-ruby/sshkey/metadata.xml b/dev-ruby/sshkey/metadata.xml
index 18ea6d22baa3e..22ca2dfdb17d2 100644
--- a/dev-ruby/sshkey/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-ruby/sshkey/metadata.xml
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
     <email>zerochaos@gentoo.org</email>
     <name>Rick Farina</name>
   </maintainer>
-  <longdescription lang="en">
-  </longdescription>
   <upstream>
     <remote-id type="github">bensie/sshkey</remote-id>
     <remote-id type="rubygems">sshkey</remote-id>