diff --git a/srcpkgs/expat/expat-devel.template b/srcpkgs/expat/expat-devel.template
index 54d886307d9..87dcb264bcf 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/expat/expat-devel.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/expat/expat-devel.template
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@
 #
 depends="expat>=${version}"
 short_desc="${short_desc} -- development files"
-long_desc="${long_desc}
-
- This package contains files for development, headers, static libs, etc."
 
 do_install() {
 	vmove usr/include usr
diff --git a/srcpkgs/expat/template b/srcpkgs/expat/template
index ae199201b21..307f95670bc 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/expat/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/expat/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'expat'
 pkgname=expat
 version=2.1.0
-revision=2
+revision=3
 build_style=gnu-configure
 subpackages="xmlwf expat-devel"
 short_desc="XML parser library written in C"
@@ -10,7 +10,3 @@ license="MIT"
 homepage="http://expat.sourceforge.net/"
 distfiles="$SOURCEFORGE_SITE/expat/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
 checksum=823705472f816df21c8f6aa026dd162b280806838bb55b3432b0fb1fcca7eb86
-long_desc="
- This is James Clark's expat XML parser library in C. It is a stream
- oriented parser that requires setting handlers to deal with the
- structure that the parser discovers in the document."
diff --git a/srcpkgs/expat/xmlwf.template b/srcpkgs/expat/xmlwf.template
index 35d64d5b580..48f23a601ad 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/expat/xmlwf.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/expat/xmlwf.template
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'xmlwf'.
 #
 short_desc="${short_desc} -- xmlwf utility"
-long_desc="${long_desc}
-
- This package contains xmlwf(1), an utility that uses the expat library
- to determine if an XML document is valid."
 
 do_install() {
 	vmove usr/bin usr