diff --git a/app/models/project.rb b/app/models/project.rb
index 8f953017a..3fe868792 100644
--- a/app/models/project.rb
+++ b/app/models/project.rb
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ class Project < ActiveRecord::Base
   validates_presence_of :name, :identifier
   validates_uniqueness_of :identifier
   validates_associated :repository, :wiki
-  validates_length_of :description, :maximum => 1000
+  # validates_length_of :description, :maximum => 255
   validates_length_of :name, :maximum => 255
   validates_length_of :homepage, :maximum => 255
   validates_length_of :identifier, :in => 1..IDENTIFIER_MAX_LENGTH