diff --git a/dev-texlive/texlive-publishers/metadata.xml b/dev-texlive/texlive-publishers/metadata.xml
index b09c14f42b25f..ad12eec44560d 100644
--- a/dev-texlive/texlive-publishers/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-texlive/texlive-publishers/metadata.xml
@@ -9,6 +9,4 @@
      <email>tex@gentoo.org</email>
      <name>Gentoo TeX Project</name>
   </maintainer>
-<longdescription lang="en">
-</longdescription>
 </pkgmetadata>