diff --git a/app/views/projects/settings/_general.html.haml b/app/views/projects/settings/_general.html.haml
index 960b1d6761065958716fd7aa9b496b0c1bc4085a..3a62c6f41cc63bbb648f9310dc937d34558c681f 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/settings/_general.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/settings/_general.html.haml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     .row
       .form-group.col-md-9
         = f.label :description, _('Project description (optional)'), class: 'label-bold'
-        = f.text_area :description, class: 'form-control gl-form-input', rows: 3, maxlength: 250
+        = f.text_area :description, class: 'form-control gl-form-input', rows: 3
 
   .row= render_if_exists 'projects/classification_policy_settings', f: f