diff --git a/administrator/components/com_categories/src/Model/CategoriesModel.php b/administrator/components/com_categories/src/Model/CategoriesModel.php
index eb50ff1382fa5..dffd9bd7711c1 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_categories/src/Model/CategoriesModel.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_categories/src/Model/CategoriesModel.php
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ protected function getListQuery()
                 'a.id, a.title, a.alias, a.note, a.published, a.access' .
                 ', a.checked_out, a.checked_out_time, a.created_user_id' .
                 ', a.path, a.parent_id, a.level, a.lft, a.rgt' .
-                ', a.language, a.description'
+                ', a.language'
             )
         );
         $query->from($db->quoteName('#__categories', 'a'));
diff --git a/api/components/com_categories/src/View/Categories/JsonapiView.php b/api/components/com_categories/src/View/Categories/JsonapiView.php
index 360a5ba3f03a2..25a63ba4b14a7 100644
--- a/api/components/com_categories/src/View/Categories/JsonapiView.php
+++ b/api/components/com_categories/src/View/Categories/JsonapiView.php
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ class JsonapiView extends BaseApiView
         'count_published',
         'count_archived',
         'params',
-        'description',
     ];
 
     /**
@@ -91,7 +90,6 @@ class JsonapiView extends BaseApiView
         'count_published',
         'count_archived',
         'params',
-        'description',
     ];
 
     /**