diff --git a/accessibility/linux-c7-atk/Makefile b/accessibility/linux-c7-atk/Makefile
index af40d693f35b..b5116aa14c5a 100644
--- a/accessibility/linux-c7-atk/Makefile
+++ b/accessibility/linux-c7-atk/Makefile
@@ -1,23 +1,22 @@
 PORTNAME=	atk
 PORTVERSION=	2.28.1
 DISTVERSIONSUFFIX=	-2.el7
 PORTREVISION=	1
 CATEGORIES=	accessibility linux
 
 MAINTAINER=	emulation@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Accessibility Toolkit (Linux CentOS ${LINUX_DIST_VER})
 WWW=		https://developer.gnome.org/atk/
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv3
 
 USES=		linux:c7
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 USE_LINUX_RPM=	yes
 
 CONFLICTS=	linux-c6-${PORTNAME}
-DESCR=		${.CURDIR}/../${PORTNAME}/pkg-descr
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS NLS
 OPTIONS_SUB=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/accessibility/linux-c7-atk/pkg-descr b/accessibility/linux-c7-atk/pkg-descr
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..75eca2b01250
--- /dev/null
+++ b/accessibility/linux-c7-atk/pkg-descr
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+The GNOME Accessibility Toolkit (ATK) contains accessibility widgets,
+just like GTK contains GUI element widgets.  However, ATK's widgets
+are platform-independent, so they can be used with Qt, Motif, etc.