diff --git a/dev-R/rex/metadata.xml b/dev-R/rex/metadata.xml
index 8f68d6dc21..d2b2c8ce9f 100644
--- a/dev-R/rex/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-R/rex/metadata.xml
@@ -6,8 +6,4 @@
 		<email>lssndrbarbieri@gmail.com</email>
 		<name>Alessandro Barbieri</name>
 	</maintainer>
-	<longdescription lang="en">
-		Friendly Regular Expressions // A friendly interface for the
-		construction of regular expressions.
-	</longdescription>
 </pkgmetadata>