diff --git a/dev-R/gh/metadata.xml b/dev-R/gh/metadata.xml
index d11a2ee6ff..d2b2c8ce9f 100644
--- a/dev-R/gh/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-R/gh/metadata.xml
@@ -6,5 +6,4 @@
 		<email>lssndrbarbieri@gmail.com</email>
 		<name>Alessandro Barbieri</name>
 	</maintainer>
-	<longdescription lang="en">'GitHub' 'API' // Minimal client to access the 'GitHub' 'API'.</longdescription>
 </pkgmetadata>