diff --git a/db/migrate/087_change_projects_description_to_text.rb b/db/migrate/087_change_projects_description_to_text.rb
index d215840aa..2829655d1 100644
--- a/db/migrate/087_change_projects_description_to_text.rb
+++ b/db/migrate/087_change_projects_description_to_text.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 class ChangeProjectsDescriptionToText < ActiveRecord::Migration
   def self.up
-    change_column :projects, :description, :text, :default => ''
+    change_column :projects, :description, :text
   end
 
   def self.down