diff --git a/bigchaindb/common/schema/__init__.py b/bigchaindb/common/schema/__init__.py
index fc048e0b..b2e8129a 100644
--- a/bigchaindb/common/schema/__init__.py
+++ b/bigchaindb/common/schema/__init__.py
@@ -13,24 +13,11 @@ from bigchaindb.common.exceptions import SchemaValidationError
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-def drop_schema_descriptions(node):
-    """ Drop descriptions from schema, since they clutter log output """
-    if 'description' in node:
-        del node['description']
-    for n in node.get('properties', {}).values():
-        drop_schema_descriptions(n)
-    for n in node.get('definitions', {}).values():
-        drop_schema_descriptions(n)
-    for n in node.get('anyOf', []):
-        drop_schema_descriptions(n)
-
-
 def _load_schema(name):
     """ Load a schema from disk """
     path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), name + '.yaml')
     with open(path) as handle:
         schema = yaml.safe_load(handle)
-    drop_schema_descriptions(schema)
     fast_schema = rapidjson_schema.loads(rapidjson.dumps(schema))
     return path, (schema, fast_schema)
 
diff --git a/tests/common/test_schema.py b/tests/common/test_schema.py
index e80ad0e2..8c064696 100644
--- a/tests/common/test_schema.py
+++ b/tests/common/test_schema.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from pytest import raises
 
 from bigchaindb.common.exceptions import SchemaValidationError
 from bigchaindb.common.schema import (
-    TX_SCHEMA_COMMON, VOTE_SCHEMA, drop_schema_descriptions,
+    TX_SCHEMA_COMMON, VOTE_SCHEMA,
     validate_transaction_schema, validate_vote_schema)
 
 SUPPORTED_CRYPTOCONDITION_TYPES = ('threshold-sha-256', 'ed25519-sha-256')
@@ -46,49 +46,6 @@ def test_vote_schema_additionalproperties():
     _test_additionalproperties(VOTE_SCHEMA)
 
 
-def test_drop_descriptions():
-    node = {
-        'description': 'abc',
-        'properties': {
-            'description': {
-                'description': ('The property named "description" should stay'
-                                'but description meta field goes'),
-            },
-            'properties': {
-                'description': 'this must go'
-            },
-            'any': {
-                'anyOf': [
-                    {
-                        'description': 'must go'
-                    }
-                ]
-            }
-        },
-        'definitions': {
-            'wat': {
-                'description': 'go'
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    expected = {
-        'properties': {
-            'description': {},
-            'properties': {},
-            'any': {
-                'anyOf': [
-                    {}
-                ]
-            }
-        },
-        'definitions': {
-            'wat': {},
-        }
-    }
-    drop_schema_descriptions(node)
-    assert node == expected
-
-
 ################################################################################
 # Test call transaction schema