diff --git a/docs/upgrades/upgrade_6.8.8-6.99.0.pl b/docs/upgrades/upgrade_6.8.8-6.99.0.pl
index d6286b112..ae7b899a1 100644
--- a/docs/upgrades/upgrade_6.8.8-6.99.0.pl
+++ b/docs/upgrades/upgrade_6.8.8-6.99.0.pl
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ installSQLForm();
 addResizableTextareas();
 addScratchKeys();
 addGraphing();
+dropShortcutDescription();
 
 finish($session); # this line required
 
@@ -64,6 +65,12 @@ sub addResizableTextareas {
 	$session->setting->remove("textAreaRows");
 }
 
+#-------------------------------------------------
+sub dropShortcutDescription {
+	print "\tRemoving unused description column from Shortcut.  Unused since Dashboard was added.\n";
+	$session->db->write("ALTER TABLE Shortcut DROP COLUMN description;");
+}
+
 #-------------------------------------------------
 sub updateScratch {
 	print "\tIncreasing size of scratch variables.\n";