diff --git a/media-plugins/vdr-xineliboutput/metadata.xml b/media-plugins/vdr-xineliboutput/metadata.xml
index 9377b8a46e1fc..71f5a2660ed7f 100644
--- a/media-plugins/vdr-xineliboutput/metadata.xml
+++ b/media-plugins/vdr-xineliboutput/metadata.xml
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@
 		<email>vdr@gentoo.org</email>
 		<name>Gentoo VDR Project</name>
 	</maintainer>
-	<longdescription>
-		Video Disk Recorder Xinelib PlugIn ( VDR )
-	</longdescription>
 	<use>
 		<flag name="cec">Enable CEC support through <pkg>dev-libs/libcec</pkg></flag>
 		<flag name="bluray">Enable BluRay metadata support through <pkg>media-libs/libbluray</pkg></flag>