diff --git a/src/oas.md b/src/oas.md
index 655c82fb75..80505262bd 100644
--- a/src/oas.md
+++ b/src/oas.md
@@ -1267,7 +1267,6 @@ See [Working With Examples](#working-with-examples) for further guidance regardi
 
 | Field Name | Type | Description |
 | ---- | :----: | ---- |
-| <a name="media-type-description"></a>description | `string` | An optional description for the media type. [CommonMark syntax](https://spec.commonmark.org/) MAY be used for rich text representation. |
 | <a name="media-type-schema"></a>schema | [Schema Object](#schema-object) | A schema describing the complete content of the request, response, parameter, or header. |
 | <a name="media-type-item-schema"></a>itemSchema | [Schema Object](#schema-object) | A schema describing each item within a [sequential media type](#sequential-media-types). |
 | <a name="media-type-example"></a>example | Any | Example of the media type; see [Working With Examples](#working-with-examples). |
diff --git a/src/schemas/validation/schema.yaml b/src/schemas/validation/schema.yaml
index e8896b505d..eb1136d0c6 100644
--- a/src/schemas/validation/schema.yaml
+++ b/src/schemas/validation/schema.yaml
@@ -582,8 +582,6 @@ $defs:
     $comment: https://spec.openapis.org/oas/v3.2#media-type-object
     type: object
     properties:
-      description:
-        type: string
       schema:
         $dynamicRef: '#meta'
       itemSchema:
diff --git a/tests/schema/pass/media-type-examples.yaml b/tests/schema/pass/media-type-examples.yaml
index c4b47190ba..8c09d91998 100644
--- a/tests/schema/pass/media-type-examples.yaml
+++ b/tests/schema/pass/media-type-examples.yaml
@@ -11,10 +11,6 @@ components:
     Pet: {}
   mediaTypes:
     StreamingPets:
-      description: |
-        Streaming sequence of JSON pet representations,
-        suitable for use with any of the streaming JSON
-        media types.
       itemSchema:
         $ref: '#/components/schemas/Pet'
 paths: