diff --git a/srcpkgs/encodings/template b/srcpkgs/encodings/template
index eb6c8c69b80..fa0d7f5f7e1 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/encodings/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/encodings/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template build file for 'encodings'.
 pkgname=encodings
 version=1.0.4
-revision=3
+revision=4
 noarch="yes"
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config font-utils"
@@ -12,10 +12,6 @@ license="Public domain"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 distfiles="${XORG_SITE}/font/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
 checksum=ced6312988a45d23812c2ac708b4595f63fd7a49c4dcd9f66bdcd50d1057d539
-long_desc="
- The package provides the X.org font encoding files, such as
- adobe-dingbats.enc.gz, ibm-cp866.enc, jisx0212.1990-0.enc.gz,
- and others. This is from the modular X.org project."
 
 pre_build() {
 	sed -e 's|^\(encodings_DATA = $(DATA_FILES)\).*|\1|' -i Makefile