diff --git a/dev-python/pypowervm/metadata.xml b/dev-python/pypowervm/metadata.xml
index 9887b95b8b003..466474501d464 100644
--- a/dev-python/pypowervm/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/pypowervm/metadata.xml
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 		<email>prometheanfire@gentoo.org</email>
 		<name>Matthew Thode</name>
 	</maintainer>
-	<longdescription lang="en">
-	</longdescription>
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="github">powervm/pypowervm</remote-id>
 		<remote-id type="pypi">pypowervm</remote-id>