diff --git a/ckan/controllers/group.py b/ckan/controllers/group.py
index 6fc09a0036a..71918e6e5cc 100644
--- a/ckan/controllers/group.py
+++ b/ckan/controllers/group.py
@@ -83,21 +83,16 @@ def read(self, id):
         except NotAuthorized:
             abort(401, _('Unauthorized to read group %s') % id)
         try:
-            description_formatted = ckan.misc.MarkdownFormat().to_html(c.group.get('description',''))
+            description_formatted = ckan.misc.MarkdownFormat().to_html(c.group_dict.get('description',''))
             c.description_formatted = genshi.HTML(description_formatted)
         except Exception, e:
             error_msg = "<span class='inline-warning'>%s</span>" % _("Cannot render description")
             c.description_formatted = genshi.HTML(error_msg)
         
-        try:
-            desc_formatted = ckan.misc.MarkdownFormat().to_html(c.group.description)
-            desc_formatted = genshi.HTML(desc_formatted)
-        except genshi.ParseError, e:
-            desc_formatted = 'Error: Could not parse group description'
-        c.group_description_formatted = desc_formatted
         c.group_admins = self.authorizer.get_admins(c.group)
 
         context['return_query'] = True
+
         results = get_action('group_package_show')(context, data_dict)
 
         c.page = Page(
diff --git a/ckan/templates/group/read.html b/ckan/templates/group/read.html
index 47ca43c080a..d6679afbd3d 100644
--- a/ckan/templates/group/read.html
+++ b/ckan/templates/group/read.html
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ <h3>Administrators</h3>
 
   <py:match path="content">
     <h3 py:if="c.group['state'] != 'active'">State: ${c.group['state']}</h3>
-    <div class="notes" py:if="str(c.group_description_formatted).strip()">
-      ${c.group_description_formatted}
+    <div class="notes" py:if="str(c.description_formatted).strip()">
+      ${c.description_formatted}
     </div>
     <div class="group-dataset-list">
       <h3>Datasets</h3>