diff --git a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/dmp/editor/dmp-editor.component.html b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/dmp/editor/dmp-editor.component.html
index 283c7e03b..2c0c41de9 100644
--- a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/dmp/editor/dmp-editor.component.html
+++ b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/dmp/editor/dmp-editor.component.html
@@ -67,12 +67,12 @@
 					</mat-form-field>
 					<mat-form-field class="col-md-12">
 						<textarea matInput class="description-area"
-							placeholder="{{'DMP-EDITOR.FIELDS.DESCRIPTION' | translate}}" formControlName="description"
-							required></textarea>
-						<mat-error *ngIf="formGroup.get('description').hasError('backendError')">
+							placeholder="{{'DMP-EDITOR.FIELDS.DESCRIPTION' | translate}}" formControlName="description">
+						</textarea>
+						<!-- <mat-error *ngIf="formGroup.get('description').hasError('backendError')">
 							{{formGroup.get('description').getError('backendError').message}}</mat-error>
 						<mat-error *ngIf="formGroup.get('description').hasError('required')">{{'GENERAL.VALIDATION.REQUIRED' |
-							translate}}</mat-error>
+							translate}}</mat-error> -->
 					</mat-form-field>
 					<mat-form-field class="col-md-6">
 						<app-single-auto-complete required='true' [formControl]="formGroup.get('project')"
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
 							[configuration]="dmpProfileAutoCompleteConfiguration">
 						</app-single-auto-complete>
 					</mat-form-field>
-					
+
 					<mat-form-field class="col-md-6">
 						<input matInput placeholder="Version" disabled
 							[value]="formGroup.get('version').value== undefined ?0 :formGroup.get('version').value">
@@ -180,4 +180,4 @@
 		</mat-card>
 	</form>
 	<!-- <div *ngIf="formGroup"> {{ formGroup.value | json }}</div> -->
-</div>
\ No newline at end of file
+</div>
diff --git a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/dmp/editor/dmp-editor.model.ts b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/dmp/editor/dmp-editor.model.ts
index 8ddd60265..c366d5b17 100644
--- a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/dmp/editor/dmp-editor.model.ts
+++ b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/dmp/editor/dmp-editor.model.ts
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ export class DmpEditorModel {
 			groupId: [{ value: this.groupId, disabled: disabled }, context.getValidation('groupId').validators],
 			version: [{ value: this.version, disabled: disabled }, context.getValidation('version').validators],
 			status: [{ value: this.status, disabled: disabled }, context.getValidation('status').validators],
-			description: [{ value: this.description, disabled: disabled }, context.getValidation('description').validators],
+			description: [{ value: this.description, disabled: disabled }],
 			project: [{ value: this.project, disabled: disabled }, context.getValidation('project').validators],
 			organisations: [{ value: this.organisations, disabled: disabled }, context.getValidation('organisations').validators],
 			researchers: [{ value: this.researchers, disabled: disabled }, context.getValidation('researchers').validators],
diff --git a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/dmp/wizard/dmp-wizard-editor.model.ts b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/dmp/wizard/dmp-wizard-editor.model.ts
index dcaa915c9..91c1b7d90 100644
--- a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/dmp/wizard/dmp-wizard-editor.model.ts
+++ b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/dmp/wizard/dmp-wizard-editor.model.ts
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ export class DmpWizardEditorModel {
 			groupId: [{ value: this.groupId, disabled: disabled }, context.getValidation('groupId').validators],
 			version: [{ value: this.version, disabled: disabled }, context.getValidation('version').validators],
 			status: [{ value: this.status, disabled: disabled }, context.getValidation('status').validators],
-			description: [{ value: this.description, disabled: disabled }, context.getValidation('description').validators],
+			description: [{ value: this.description, disabled: disabled }],
 			project: [{ value: this.project, disabled: disabled }, context.getValidation('project').validators],
 			organisations: [{ value: this.organisations, disabled: disabled }, context.getValidation('organisations').validators],
 			researchers: [{ value: this.researchers, disabled: disabled }, context.getValidation('researchers').validators],