lib/PublicInbox/Import.pm | 3 ---
 t/www_listing.t           | 1 -

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/Import.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/Import.pm
index 362cdc47375db4b7947c41747c6d15bf91583d7d..17adfabd0d25b1a11cc2599ff53c4a658814c96b 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/Import.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/Import.pm
@@ -451,9 +451,6 @@ 	$self->{tip} = ":$commit";
 }
 
 my @INIT_FILES = ('HEAD' => undef, # filled in at runtime
-		'description' => <<EOD,
-Unnamed repository; edit this file 'description' to name the repository.
-EOD
 		'config' => <<EOC);
 [core]
 	repositoryFormatVersion = 0
diff --git a/t/www_listing.t b/t/www_listing.t
index 7ea12eea3712e292feed1b55b70b0852aded4d1a..5f90139af65bd63f4bd1b667b1d03548c9ae6a5a 100644
--- a/t/www_listing.t
+++ b/t/www_listing.t
@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@ 	close $fh or xbail "write: $alt/description $!";
 	is(xsys('git', "--git-dir=$alt", qw(config gitweb.owner),
 		"lorelei \xc4\x80"), 0,
 		'set gitweb user');
-	ok(unlink("$bare->{git_dir}/description"), 'removed bare/description');
 	open $fh, '>', $cfgfile or xbail "open $cfgfile: $!";
 	$fh->autoflush(1);
 	print $fh <<"" or xbail "print $!";