diff --git a/kiplot/bom/bom.py b/kiplot/bom/bom.py
index 195c380e..a35c55ba 100644
--- a/kiplot/bom/bom.py
+++ b/kiplot/bom/bom.py
@@ -260,7 +260,8 @@ class ComponentGroup(object):
         self.fields[ColumnList.COL_FP_L] = comp.footprint
         self.fields[ColumnList.COL_FP_LIB_L] = comp.footprint_lib
         self.fields[ColumnList.COL_SHEETPATH_L] = comp.sheet_path_h
-        self.fields[ColumnList.COL_DESCRIPTION_L] = comp.desc
+        if not self.fields[ColumnList.COL_DESCRIPTION_L]:
+            self.fields[ColumnList.COL_DESCRIPTION_L] = comp.desc
 
     def get_row(self, columns):
         """ Return a dict of the KiCad data based on the supplied columns """
diff --git a/kiplot/bom/columnlist.py b/kiplot/bom/columnlist.py
index cb174557..6cfc3a08 100644
--- a/kiplot/bom/columnlist.py
+++ b/kiplot/bom/columnlist.py
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ class ColumnList:
         COL_VALUE_L: 1,
         COL_PART_L: 1,
         COL_PART_LIB_L: 1,
-        COL_DESCRIPTION_L: 1,
+        #COL_DESCRIPTION_L: 1,
         COL_DATASHEET_L: 1,
         COL_SHEETPATH_L: 1,
         COL_FP_L: 1,