diff --git a/common/options.description b/common/options.description
index 51d3261abf6..b6f538d5be1 100644
--- a/common/options.description
+++ b/common/options.description
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ desc_option_gmic="Enable support for image processing with G'MIC"
 desc_option_gnutls="Enable support for SSL with gnutls"
 desc_option_gssapi="Enable support for GSSAPI"
 desc_option_gstreamer="Enable support for GStreamer"
+desc_option_gtk="Enable support for the GTK+2 GUI toolkit"
 desc_option_gtk3="Enable support for the GTK+3 GUI toolkit"
 desc_option_guile="Enable support for Guile lang"
 desc_option_ffmpeg="Enable support for FFmpeg"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/audacious-plugins/template b/srcpkgs/audacious-plugins/template
index 84bcfd2113f..8c8d4d58954 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/audacious-plugins/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/audacious-plugins/template
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ checksum=dad6fc625055349d589e36e8e5c8ae7dfafcddfe96894806509696d82bb61d4c
 
 build_options="gtk qt"
 build_options_default="qt"
-desc_option_gtk="Enable support for the GTK+2 GUI toolkit"
 vopt_conflict gtk qt
 
 post_install() {
diff --git a/srcpkgs/audacious/template b/srcpkgs/audacious/template
index df154bf52f2..ebeca48a617 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/audacious/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/audacious/template
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ checksum=1f58858f9789e867c513b5272987f13bdfb09332b03c2814ad4c6e29f525e35c
 
 build_options="gtk qt"
 build_options_default="qt"
-desc_option_gtk="Enable support for the GTK+2 GUI toolkit"
 vopt_conflict gtk qt
 
 post_install() {
diff --git a/srcpkgs/baresip/template b/srcpkgs/baresip/template
index a731d553090..d6020b6dfcc 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/baresip/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/baresip/template
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ checksum=7b008c0a5b4fccfa0a4003f86dc4aaafeaabbdd259ece4757898e9cb5f04fdcf
 # Package build options
 build_options="gtk video"
 build_options_default="gtk video"
-desc_option_gtk="Enable support for GTK+2 frontend and related modules"
 desc_option_video="Enable support for video calling"
 
 case $XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE in
diff --git a/srcpkgs/cegui/template b/srcpkgs/cegui/template
index 00890008598..e2a4be0f9a4 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cegui/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cegui/template
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ checksum=70156257313b81d068d6592887157dd16b91d7bc0dfdcba02a96ed371d329e64
 replaces="cegui-data>=0 cegui-sample>=0"
 
 build_options="gtk irrlicht ogre python"
-desc_option_gtk="Enable support for GTK2"
 desc_option_irrlicht="Enable support for Irrlicht"
 desc_option_ogre="Enable support for Ogre"
 build_options_default="gtk python"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/profanity/template b/srcpkgs/profanity/template
index 338e3092a67..af02da7008e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/profanity/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/profanity/template
@@ -34,6 +34,5 @@ build_options_default="notify otr pgp gtk omemo python cplugins plugins xscreens
 desc_option_otr="Enable support for OTR encryption"
 desc_option_pgp="Enable support for OpenPGP encryption"
 desc_option_omemo="Enable support for OMEMO encryption"
-desc_option_gtk="Enable support for the GTK GUI toolkit"
 desc_option_plugins="Enable support for plugins"
 desc_option_cplugins="Enable support for c-plugins"