diff --git a/apt/manage_profile.in b/apt/manage_profile.in
index 3b613092b911308e997b06ce28b6e2a6d5a96001..e52e8e4728a31db16825dbb2c3aba882ebc876db 100644
--- a/apt/manage_profile.in
+++ b/apt/manage_profile.in
@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@ my %xmlfields =
     ("profile_name"	   => ["name",		$SLOT_REQUIRED],
      "profile_pid"	   => ["pid",		$SLOT_REQUIRED],
      "profile_creator"	   => ["creator",	$SLOT_OPTIONAL],
-     "profile_description" => ["description",	$SLOT_REQUIRED|$SLOT_UPDATE],
      "profile_listed"      => ["listed",	$SLOT_OPTIONAL|$SLOT_UPDATE],
      "profile_public"      => ["public",	$SLOT_OPTIONAL|$SLOT_UPDATE],
      "rspec"		   => ["rspec",		$SLOT_REQUIRED|$SLOT_UPDATE],