diff --git a/client/src/app/+videos/+video-edit/video-update.resolver.ts b/client/src/app/+videos/+video-edit/video-update.resolver.ts
index 258cc4958..23719095f 100644
--- a/client/src/app/+videos/+video-edit/video-update.resolver.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/+videos/+video-edit/video-update.resolver.ts
@@ -37,9 +37,7 @@ export class VideoUpdateResolver {
 
   private buildVideoObservables (video: VideoDetails) {
     return [
-      this.videoService
-        .loadCompleteDescription(video.descriptionPath)
-        .pipe(map(description => Object.assign(video, { description }))),
+      of(video),
 
       this.videoService.getSource(video.id),
 
diff --git a/client/src/app/shared/shared-main/video/video.service.ts b/client/src/app/shared/shared-main/video/video.service.ts
index 8438d4de5..455a0c780 100644
--- a/client/src/app/shared/shared-main/video/video.service.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/shared/shared-main/video/video.service.ts
@@ -379,17 +379,6 @@ export class VideoService {
 
   // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-  loadCompleteDescription (descriptionPath: string) {
-    return this.authHttp
-               .get<{ description: string }>(environment.apiUrl + descriptionPath)
-               .pipe(
-                 map(res => res.description),
-                 catchError(err => this.restExtractor.handleError(err))
-               )
-  }
-
-  // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
   generateDownloadUrl (options: {
     video: Video
     files: VideoFile[]