diff --git a/app-vim/vim-gromacs/metadata.xml b/app-vim/vim-gromacs/metadata.xml
index c8a25c291..5b5798e1e 100644
--- a/app-vim/vim-gromacs/metadata.xml
+++ b/app-vim/vim-gromacs/metadata.xml
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@
 		<email>sci-chemistry@gentoo.org</email>
 		<name>Gentoo Chemistry Project</name>
 	</maintainer>
-	<longdescription lang="en">
-VIM syntax plugin which provides syntax highlighting for the gromacs files.
-</longdescription>
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="github">HubLot/vim-gromacs</remote-id>
 	</upstream>