diff --git a/cookbooks/fb_hostconf/metadata.rb b/cookbooks/fb_hostconf/metadata.rb
index 0ae3877..c478b80 100644
--- a/cookbooks/fb_hostconf/metadata.rb
+++ b/cookbooks/fb_hostconf/metadata.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 license 'Apache-2.0'
 description 'Configures /etc/host.conf'
 source_url 'https://github.com/facebook/chef-cookbooks/'
-long_description IO.read(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'README.md'))
 version '0.0.1'
 supports 'centos'
 supports 'debian'