diff --git a/media-plugins/vdr-ttxtsubs/metadata.xml b/media-plugins/vdr-ttxtsubs/metadata.xml
index be5ddd985f3ed..27f419c289c37 100644
--- a/media-plugins/vdr-ttxtsubs/metadata.xml
+++ b/media-plugins/vdr-ttxtsubs/metadata.xml
@@ -5,6 +5,4 @@
 <email>vdr@gentoo.org</email>
 <name>Gentoo VDR Project</name>
 </maintainer>
-<longdescription lang="en">
-</longdescription>
 </pkgmetadata>