diff --git a/frigate/api/defs/events_body.py b/frigate/api/defs/events_body.py
index 7aef87433..ca1256598 100644
--- a/frigate/api/defs/events_body.py
+++ b/frigate/api/defs/events_body.py
@@ -11,9 +11,7 @@ class EventsSubLabelBody(BaseModel):
 
 
 class EventsDescriptionBody(BaseModel):
-    description: Union[str, None] = Field(
-        title="The description of the event", min_length=1
-    )
+    description: Union[str, None] = Field(title="The description of the event")
 
 
 class EventsCreateBody(BaseModel):
diff --git a/frigate/api/event.py b/frigate/api/event.py
index 3be37539d..ca531d098 100644
--- a/frigate/api/event.py
+++ b/frigate/api/event.py
@@ -927,27 +927,19 @@ def set_description(
 
     new_description = body.description
 
-    if new_description is None or len(new_description) == 0:
-        return JSONResponse(
-            content=(
-                {
-                    "success": False,
-                    "message": "description cannot be empty",
-                }
-            ),
-            status_code=400,
-        )
-
     event.data["description"] = new_description
     event.save()
 
     # If semantic search is enabled, update the index
     if request.app.frigate_config.semantic_search.enabled:
         context: EmbeddingsContext = request.app.embeddings
-        context.update_description(
-            event_id,
-            new_description,
-        )
+        if len(new_description) > 0:
+            context.update_description(
+                event_id,
+                new_description,
+            )
+        else:
+            context.db.delete_embeddings_description(event_id)
 
     response_message = (
         f"Event {event_id} description is now blank"