diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/Sql/SqlContentEntityStorageSchema.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/Sql/SqlContentEntityStorageSchema.php
index e1f5fbc..320e7f5 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/Sql/SqlContentEntityStorageSchema.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/Sql/SqlContentEntityStorageSchema.php
@@ -1406,7 +1406,6 @@ protected function getSharedTableFieldSchema(FieldStorageDefinitionInterface $st
     }
 
     $field_name = $storage_definition->getName();
-    $field_description = $storage_definition->getDescription();
     $base_table = $this->storage->getBaseTable();
 
     // A shared table contains rows for entities where the field is empty
@@ -1435,7 +1434,6 @@ protected function getSharedTableFieldSchema(FieldStorageDefinitionInterface $st
       $column_schema = $field_schema['columns'][$field_column_name];
 
       $schema['fields'][$schema_field_name] = $column_schema;
-      $schema['fields'][$schema_field_name]['description'] = $field_description;
       $schema['fields'][$schema_field_name]['not null'] = in_array($field_name, $not_null_keys);
     }
 
diff --git a/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Entity/Sql/SqlContentEntityStorageSchemaTest.php b/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Entity/Sql/SqlContentEntityStorageSchemaTest.php
index 699bdba..083fd8d 100644
--- a/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Entity/Sql/SqlContentEntityStorageSchemaTest.php
+++ b/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Entity/Sql/SqlContentEntityStorageSchemaTest.php
@@ -1242,10 +1242,6 @@ public function setUpStorageDefinition($field_name, array $schema) {
     $this->storageDefinitions[$field_name]->expects($this->any())
       ->method('getName')
       ->will($this->returnValue($field_name));
-    // getDescription() is called once for each table.
-    $this->storageDefinitions[$field_name]->expects($this->any())
-      ->method('getDescription')
-      ->will($this->returnValue("The $field_name field."));
     // getSchema() is called once for each table.
     $this->storageDefinitions[$field_name]->expects($this->any())
       ->method('getSchema')