diff --git a/app/controllers/admin/poll/questions_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin/poll/questions_controller.rb
index 97b301d43..107c06740 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admin/poll/questions_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admin/poll/questions_controller.rb
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class Admin::Poll::QuestionsController < Admin::Poll::BaseController
   private
 
     def question_params
-      params.require(:poll_question).permit(:poll_id, :title, :question, :description, :proposal_id, :valid_answers, :video_url,
+      params.require(:poll_question).permit(:poll_id, :title, :question, :proposal_id, :valid_answers, :video_url,
                                             documents_attributes: [:id, :title, :attachment, :cached_attachment, :user_id, :_destroy])
     end
 
diff --git a/app/models/poll/question.rb b/app/models/poll/question.rb
index a46f28a8c..55396fd3b 100644
--- a/app/models/poll/question.rb
+++ b/app/models/poll/question.rb
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ class Poll::Question < ActiveRecord::Base
   validates :poll_id, presence: true
 
   validates :title, length: { minimum: 4 }
-  validates :description, length: { maximum: Poll::Question.description_max_length }
 
   scope :by_poll_id,    ->(poll_id) { where(poll_id: poll_id) }
 
@@ -40,15 +39,10 @@ class Poll::Question < ActiveRecord::Base
   def searchable_values
     { title                 => 'A',
       proposal.try(:title)  => 'A',
-      description           => 'B',
       author.username       => 'C',
       author_visible_name   => 'C' }
   end
 
-  def description
-    super.try :html_safe
-  end
-
   def valid_answers
     (super.try(:split, ',').compact || []).map(&:strip)
   end
@@ -59,7 +53,6 @@ class Poll::Question < ActiveRecord::Base
       self.author_visible_name = proposal.author.name
       self.proposal_id = proposal.id
       self.title = proposal.title
-      self.description = proposal.description
       self.valid_answers = I18n.t('poll_questions.default_valid_answers')
     end
   end
diff --git a/app/views/admin/poll/questions/_form.html.erb b/app/views/admin/poll/questions/_form.html.erb
index 7881936e4..6091c024f 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/poll/questions/_form.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/admin/poll/questions/_form.html.erb
@@ -20,12 +20,6 @@
       <p class="help-text" id="valid-answers-help-text"><%= t("admin.questions.new.valid_answers_note") %></p>
       <%= f.text_field :valid_answers, label: false, aria: {describedby: "valid-answers-help-text"} %>
 
-      <div class="ckeditor">
-        <%= f.cktext_area :description,
-                          maxlength: Poll::Question.description_max_length,
-                          ckeditor: { language: I18n.locale } %>
-      </div>
-
       <div class="documents small-12">
         <%= render 'documents/nested_documents', documentable: @question, f: f %>
       </div>
diff --git a/db/migrate/20171003170029_remove_description_from_poll_questions.rb b/db/migrate/20171003170029_remove_description_from_poll_questions.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..31e1b9578
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20171003170029_remove_description_from_poll_questions.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class RemoveDescriptionFromPollQuestions < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def change
+    remove_column :poll_questions, :description
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index e75c2aac3..9381f8e2c 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20171003095936) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20171003170029) do
 
   # These are extensions that must be enabled in order to support this database
   enable_extension "plpgsql"
@@ -675,7 +675,6 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20171003095936) do
     t.string   "author_visible_name"
     t.string   "title"
     t.string   "valid_answers"
-    t.text     "description"
     t.integer  "comments_count"
     t.datetime "hidden_at"
     t.datetime "created_at"