diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ Supported configurations properties:
 
 | Property           | Description |
 |--------------------|-------------|
-| description        | Top-level description of the project/gulpfile (Replaces "Tasks for ~/path/of/gulpfile.js") |
 | gulpfile           | Set a default gulpfile |
 | preload            | An array of modules to preload before running the gulpfile. Any relative paths will be resolved against the `--cwd` directory (if you don't want that behavior, use absolute paths) |
 | nodeFlags          | An array of flags used to forcibly respawn the process upon startup. For example, if you always want your gulpfiles to run in node's harmony mode, you can set `--harmony` here |
diff --git a/test/expected/config/output0.txt b/test/expected/config/output0.txt
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--- a/test/expected/config/output0.txt
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@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Description by .gulp.json in directory foo/bar
-└── default
diff --git a/test/expected/config/output1.txt b/test/expected/config/output1.txt
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index ad72767c..00000000
--- a/test/expected/config/output1.txt
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@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-description by .gulp.js in directory qux
-└── default
diff --git a/test/expected/config/output2.txt b/test/expected/config/output2.txt
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--- a/test/expected/config/output2.txt
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@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-DESCRIPTION BY .gulp.babel.js in directory foo/bar/quux
-└── default
diff --git a/test/fixtures/config/foo/bar/.gulp.js b/test/fixtures/config/foo/bar/.gulp.js
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--- a/test/fixtures/config/foo/bar/.gulp.js
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@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-module.exports = {
-  description: "Description by .gulp.json in directory foo/bar"
-};
diff --git a/test/fixtures/config/foo/bar/baz/.gitkeep b/test/fixtures/config/foo/bar/baz/.gitkeep
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diff --git a/test/fixtures/config/foo/bar/gulpfile.js b/test/fixtures/config/foo/bar/gulpfile.js
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index 42466b03..00000000
--- a/test/fixtures/config/foo/bar/gulpfile.js
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@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-'use strict';
-
-var gulp = require('gulp');
-
-gulp.task('default', function(done) {
-  done();
-});
diff --git a/test/fixtures/config/foo/bar/quux/.gulp.babel.js b/test/fixtures/config/foo/bar/quux/.gulp.babel.js
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-exports.description = 'DESCRIPTION BY .gulp.babel.js in directory foo/bar/quux'
diff --git a/test/fixtures/config/qux/.gulp.js b/test/fixtures/config/qux/.gulp.js
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--- a/test/fixtures/config/qux/.gulp.js
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@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-'use strict';
-
-module.exports = {
-  description: 'description by .gulp.js in directory qux',
-};