diff --git a/src/triggers/post-compile/update-gitweb-access-list b/src/triggers/post-compile/update-gitweb-access-list
index b7faee2..d986fb3 100755
--- a/src/triggers/post-compile/update-gitweb-access-list
+++ b/src/triggers/post-compile/update-gitweb-access-list
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@
 # whatever you want and contribute it back, as long as it is upward
 # compatible.
 
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# delete the 'description' file that 'git init' created if this is run from
+# the post-create trigger
+[ "$1" = "POST_CREATE" ] && rm -f $GL_REPO_BASE/$2.git/description 2>/dev/null
+
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 # skip if arg-1 is POST_CREATE and no arg-3 (user name) exists; this means
 # it's been triggered by a *normal* (not "wild") repo creation, which in turn