diff --git a/etc/styles/OrgOdtStyles.xml b/etc/styles/OrgOdtStyles.xml
index b2f9a8524..5dfcfa838 100644
--- a/etc/styles/OrgOdtStyles.xml
+++ b/etc/styles/OrgOdtStyles.xml
@@ -654,34 +654,34 @@
   <!-- Description List -->
   <text:list-style style:name="OrgDescriptionList">
    <text:list-level-style-number text:level="1" style:num-format="">
-    <style:list-level-properties text:space-before="0.635cm" text:min-label-width="0.635cm"/>
+    <style:list-level-properties text:space-before="0.635cm"/>
    </text:list-level-style-number>
    <text:list-level-style-number text:level="2" style:num-format="">
-    <style:list-level-properties text:space-before="1.27cm" text:min-label-width="0.635cm"/>
+    <style:list-level-properties text:space-before="1.27cm"/>
    </text:list-level-style-number>
    <text:list-level-style-number text:level="3" style:num-format="">
-    <style:list-level-properties text:space-before="1.905cm" text:min-label-width="0.635cm"/>
+    <style:list-level-properties text:space-before="1.905cm"/>
    </text:list-level-style-number>
    <text:list-level-style-number text:level="4" style:num-format="">
-    <style:list-level-properties text:space-before="2.54cm" text:min-label-width="0.635cm"/>
+    <style:list-level-properties text:space-before="2.54cm"/>
    </text:list-level-style-number>
    <text:list-level-style-number text:level="5" style:num-format="">
-    <style:list-level-properties text:space-before="3.175cm" text:min-label-width="0.635cm"/>
+    <style:list-level-properties text:space-before="3.175cm"/>
    </text:list-level-style-number>
    <text:list-level-style-number text:level="6" style:num-format="">
-    <style:list-level-properties text:space-before="3.81cm" text:min-label-width="0.635cm"/>
+    <style:list-level-properties text:space-before="3.81cm"/>
    </text:list-level-style-number>
    <text:list-level-style-number text:level="7" style:num-format="">
-    <style:list-level-properties text:space-before="4.445cm" text:min-label-width="0.635cm"/>
+    <style:list-level-properties text:space-before="4.445cm"/>
    </text:list-level-style-number>
    <text:list-level-style-number text:level="8" style:num-format="">
-    <style:list-level-properties text:space-before="5.08cm" text:min-label-width="0.635cm"/>
+    <style:list-level-properties text:space-before="5.08cm"/>
    </text:list-level-style-number>
    <text:list-level-style-number text:level="9" style:num-format="">
-    <style:list-level-properties text:space-before="5.715cm" text:min-label-width="0.635cm"/>
+    <style:list-level-properties text:space-before="5.715cm"/>
    </text:list-level-style-number>
    <text:list-level-style-number text:level="10" style:num-format="">
-    <style:list-level-properties text:space-before="6.35cm" text:min-label-width="0.635cm"/>
+    <style:list-level-properties text:space-before="6.35cm"/>
    </text:list-level-style-number>
   </text:list-style>
 
diff --git a/etc/styles/README b/etc/styles/README
index bdebef3f3..206f3a26b 100644
--- a/etc/styles/README
+++ b/etc/styles/README
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 The files OrgOdtContentTemplate.xml and OrgOdtStyles.xml have the
 following copyright information:
 
-Copyright (C) 2010-2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 2010-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 These files are part of GNU Emacs.
 
diff --git a/lisp/org-odt.el b/lisp/org-odt.el
index bf0a8cba9..16c63a6ed 100644
--- a/lisp/org-odt.el
+++ b/lisp/org-odt.el
@@ -1696,7 +1696,6 @@ ATTR is a string of other attributes of the a element."
 	     (or (not thefile) (string= thefile ""))
 	     (plist-get org-lparse-opt-plist :section-numbers)
 	     (setq sec-frag fragment)
-	     (org-find-text-property-in-string 'org-no-description fragment)
 	     (or (string-match  "\\`sec\\(\\(-[0-9]+\\)+\\)" sec-frag)
 		 (and (setq sec-frag
 			    (loop for alias in org-export-target-aliases do