diff --git a/eid_api.lua b/eid_api.lua
index f4f24613..76e1ed67 100644
--- a/eid_api.lua
+++ b/eid_api.lua
@@ -299,15 +299,13 @@ end
 
 -- returns the description object of the specified entity
 -- falls back to english if the objID isnt available
--- entity is optional
-function EID:getDescriptionObj(Type, Variant, SubType, entity)
+function EID:getDescriptionObj(Type, Variant, SubType)
 	local description = {}
 	description.ObjType = Type
 	description.ObjVariant = Variant
 	description.ObjSubType = SubType
 	description.fullItemString = Type.."."..Variant.."."..description.ObjSubType
 	description.Name = EID:getObjectName(Type, Variant, description.ObjSubType)
-	description.Entity = entity or nil
 
 	local tableEntry = EID:getDescriptionData(Type, Variant, description.ObjSubType)
 	description.Description = tableEntry and tableEntry[3] or EID:getXMLDescription(Type, Variant, description.ObjSubType)