diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index a977fc3fdbfa52db04952facc06f6d67cc629e7c..b905203bcc478b6fae208e34db8df8fdda628e83 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ v 8.10.0 (unreleased)
   - Added setting to set new users by default as external !4545 (Dravere)
   - Add min value for project limit field on user's form !3622 (jastkand)
   - Add reminder to not paste private SSH keys !4399 (Ingo Blechschmidt)
+  - Remove duplicate `description` field in `MergeRequest` entities (Ben Boeckel)
 
 v 8.9.5
   - Add more debug info to import/export and memory killer. !5108
diff --git a/lib/api/entities.rb b/lib/api/entities.rb
index 9076a0c3831b033112d1047269e2ac188823b708..8edb80177daa342eb1d6ebc98b4056a727421029 100644
--- a/lib/api/entities.rb
+++ b/lib/api/entities.rb
@@ -199,7 +199,6 @@ class MergeRequest < ProjectEntity
       expose :author, :assignee, using: Entities::UserBasic
       expose :source_project_id, :target_project_id
       expose :label_names, as: :labels
-      expose :description
       expose :work_in_progress?, as: :work_in_progress
       expose :milestone, using: Entities::Milestone
       expose :merge_when_build_succeeds