diff --git a/dev-R/testit/metadata.xml b/dev-R/testit/metadata.xml
index e4be58d26c..69aab7659a 100644
--- a/dev-R/testit/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-R/testit/metadata.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 		<email>me@r0bert.dev</email>
 		<name>Robert Greener</name>
 	</maintainer>
-	<longdescription lang="en">Provides two convenience functions assert() and test_pkg() to facilitate testing R packages.</longdescription>
 	<upstream>
 		<maintainer>
 			<name>Yihui Xie</name>