diff --git a/src/c/hydra-eval-jobs.cc b/src/c/hydra-eval-jobs.cc
index 75a16847..ad5b2d7a 100644
--- a/src/c/hydra-eval-jobs.cc
+++ b/src/c/hydra-eval-jobs.cc
@@ -120,7 +120,6 @@ static void findJobsWrapped(EvalState & state, JSONObject & top,
             res.attr("system", drv.system);
             res.attr("drvPath", drvPath = drv.queryDrvPath());
             res.attr("description", drv.queryMetaString("description"));
-            res.attr("longDescription", drv.queryMetaString("longDescription"));
             res.attr("license", queryMetaStrings(state, drv, "license"));
             res.attr("homepage", drv.queryMetaString("homepage"));
             res.attr("maintainers", queryMetaStrings(state, drv, "maintainers"));
diff --git a/src/lib/Hydra/Helper/AddBuilds.pm b/src/lib/Hydra/Helper/AddBuilds.pm
index 646ddb42..f4a16ab6 100644
--- a/src/lib/Hydra/Helper/AddBuilds.pm
+++ b/src/lib/Hydra/Helper/AddBuilds.pm
@@ -531,7 +531,6 @@ sub checkBuild {
         $build = $job->builds->create(
             { timestamp => $time
             , description => $buildInfo->{description}
-            , longdescription => $buildInfo->{longDescription}
             , license => $buildInfo->{license}
             , homepage => $buildInfo->{homepage}
             , maintainers => $buildInfo->{maintainers}
diff --git a/src/lib/Hydra/Schema/Builds.pm b/src/lib/Hydra/Schema/Builds.pm
index 8f40917f..852c6c32 100644
--- a/src/lib/Hydra/Schema/Builds.pm
+++ b/src/lib/Hydra/Schema/Builds.pm
@@ -89,11 +89,6 @@ __PACKAGE__->table("Builds");
   data_type: 'text'
   is_nullable: 0
 
-=head2 longdescription
-
-  data_type: 'text'
-  is_nullable: 1
-
 =head2 license
 
   data_type: 'text'
@@ -228,8 +223,6 @@ __PACKAGE__->add_columns(
   { data_type => "text", is_nullable => 0 },
   "system",
   { data_type => "text", is_nullable => 0 },
-  "longdescription",
-  { data_type => "text", is_nullable => 1 },
   "license",
   { data_type => "text", is_nullable => 1 },
   "homepage",
@@ -527,8 +520,8 @@ __PACKAGE__->many_to_many(
 );
 
 
-# Created by DBIx::Class::Schema::Loader v0.07033 @ 2013-08-15 00:20:01
-# DO NOT MODIFY THIS OR ANYTHING ABOVE! md5sum:U1j/qm0vslb6Jvgu5mGMtw
+# Created by DBIx::Class::Schema::Loader v0.07033 @ 2014-09-30 15:38:03
+# DO NOT MODIFY THIS OR ANYTHING ABOVE! md5sum:kMPje7yi/yDqxGRQcC2I/Q
 
 __PACKAGE__->has_many(
   "dependents",
diff --git a/src/lib/Hydra/View/NixExprs.pm b/src/lib/Hydra/View/NixExprs.pm
index 25c06b2e..552a7c36 100644
--- a/src/lib/Hydra/View/NixExprs.pm
+++ b/src/lib/Hydra/View/NixExprs.pm
@@ -72,8 +72,6 @@ EOF
             $res .= "    meta = {\n";
             $res .= "      description = ${\escape $build->description};\n"
                 if $build->description;
-            $res .= "      longDescription = ${\escape $build->longdescription};\n"
-                if $build->longdescription;
             $res .= "      license = ${\escape $build->license};\n"
                 if $build->license;
             $res .= "      maintainers = ${\escape $build->maintainers};\n"
diff --git a/src/root/build.tt b/src/root/build.tt
index 9475fc68..4a5f4548 100644
--- a/src/root/build.tt
+++ b/src/root/build.tt
@@ -299,10 +299,6 @@
         <th>Short description:</th>
         <td>[% IF build.description %][% HTML.escape(build.description) %][% ELSE %]<em>not given</em>[% END %]</td>
       </tr>
-      <tr>
-        <th>Long description:</th>
-        <td>[% IF build.longdescription %][% HTML.escape(build.longdescription) %][% ELSE %]<em>not given</em>[% END %]</td>
-      </tr>
       <tr>
         <th>License:</th>
         <td>[% IF build.license %][% HTML.escape(build.license) %][% ELSE %]<em>not given</em>[% END %]</td>
diff --git a/src/script/hydra-eval-guile-jobs.in b/src/script/hydra-eval-guile-jobs.in
index 369c3f8f..70550db7 100644
--- a/src/script/hydra-eval-guile-jobs.in
+++ b/src/script/hydra-eval-guile-jobs.in
@@ -120,7 +120,6 @@ symbol/thunk pairs."
                                 (string-join (map loop l)))
                                (_ ""))))
                          ,@(opt-attr 'description 'description)
-                         ,@(opt-attr 'longDescription 'long-description)
                          (maintainers
                           ,(string-join (or (assoc-ref result 'maintainers)
                                             '())
diff --git a/src/sql/hydra.sql b/src/sql/hydra.sql
index 58513832..15666623 100644
--- a/src/sql/hydra.sql
+++ b/src/sql/hydra.sql
@@ -142,7 +142,6 @@ create table Builds (
     drvPath       text not null,
     system        text not null,
 
-    longDescription text, -- meta.longDescription
     license       text, -- meta.license
     homepage      text, -- meta.homepage
     maintainers   text, -- meta.maintainers (concatenated, comma-separated)
diff --git a/src/sql/upgrade-31.sql b/src/sql/upgrade-31.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4f36fc68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/sql/upgrade-31.sql
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+alter table Builds drop column longDescription;