diff --git a/seahub/forms.py b/seahub/forms.py
index 9fbde8c620..8eed7d8239 100644
--- a/seahub/forms.py
+++ b/seahub/forms.py
@@ -172,7 +172,6 @@ class RepoSettingForm(forms.Form):
     Form for saving repo settings.
     """
     repo_name = forms.CharField(error_messages={'required': _('Library name is required')})
-    repo_desc = forms.CharField(error_messages={'required': _('Library description is required')})
     days = forms.IntegerField(required=False,
                               error_messages={'invalid': _('Please enter a number')})
 
diff --git a/seahub/templates/repo_basic_info.html b/seahub/templates/repo_basic_info.html
index a1ea90aacb..3c20abeb31 100644
--- a/seahub/templates/repo_basic_info.html
+++ b/seahub/templates/repo_basic_info.html
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@
         <form id="repo-basic-info-form" action="" method="post" class="form">{% csrf_token %}
             <label>{% trans "Name" %}</label><br />
             <input type="text" name="repo_name" value="{{ repo.name }}" class="input" /><br />
-            <label>{% trans "Description" %}</label></br />
-            <textarea name="repo_desc" class="textarea">{{ repo.desc }}</textarea><br />
 
             {% if not ENABLE_SUB_LIBRARY or not repo.is_virtual %}
             <label>{% trans "History" %}</label><br />
@@ -70,17 +68,12 @@ $('#repo-basic-info-form input[name="history"]').change(function() {
 $('#repo-basic-info-form').submit(function() {
     var form = $(this),
         form_id = form.attr('id');
-    var repo_name = $('[name="repo_name"]', form).val(),
-        repo_desc = $('[name="repo_desc"]', form).val();
+    var repo_name = $('[name="repo_name"]', form).val();
 
     if (!$.trim(repo_name)) {
         apply_form_error(form_id, "{% trans "Name is required." %}");
         return false;
     }
-    if (!$.trim(repo_desc)) {
-        apply_form_error(form_id, "{% trans "Description is required." %}");
-        return false;
-    }
 
     var days;
     var value = $(this).find('input[name="history"]:checked').val();
@@ -102,7 +95,6 @@ $('#repo-basic-info-form').submit(function() {
         beforeSend: prepareCSRFToken,
         data: {
             'repo_name': repo_name,
-            'repo_desc': repo_desc,
             'days': days
         },
         success: function(data) {
diff --git a/seahub/views/ajax.py b/seahub/views/ajax.py
index 01f56084dc..06ccf8a275 100644
--- a/seahub/views/ajax.py
+++ b/seahub/views/ajax.py
@@ -2115,12 +2115,11 @@ def ajax_repo_change_basic_info(request, repo_id):
                     }), status=400, content_type=content_type)
 
     repo_name = form.cleaned_data['repo_name']
-    repo_desc = form.cleaned_data['repo_desc']
     days = form.cleaned_data['days']
 
     # Edit library info (name, descryption).
-    if repo.name != repo_name or repo.desc != repo_desc:
-        if not edit_repo(repo_id, repo_name, repo_desc, username):
+    if repo.name != repo_name:
+        if not edit_repo(repo_id, repo_name, '', username): # set desc as ''
             err_msg = _(u'Failed to edit library information.')
             return HttpResponse(json.dumps({'error': err_msg}),
                                 status=500, content_type=content_type)