diff --git a/dev-R/htmltools/metadata.xml b/dev-R/htmltools/metadata.xml
index a9c6ff8e76..63210b1035 100644
--- a/dev-R/htmltools/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-R/htmltools/metadata.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 		<email>me@r0bert.dev</email>
 		<name>Robert Greener</name>
 	</maintainer>
-	<longdescription lang="en">Tools for HTML generation and output.</longdescription>
 	<upstream>
 		<maintainer>
 			<name>Carson Sievert</name>