diff --git a/src/ical.c b/src/ical.c
index dd14556..09d3b2a 100644
--- a/src/ical.c
+++ b/src/ical.c
@@ -899,11 +899,6 @@ static char *ical_read_note(char *line, unsigned *noskipped,
 		ical_log(log, item_type, itemline, _("malformed description."));
 		(*noskipped)++;
 		return NULL;
-	} else if (strlen(notestr) == 0) {
-		mem_free(notestr);
-		ical_log(log, item_type, itemline, _("empty description."));
-		(*noskipped)++;
-		return NULL;
 	} else {
 		note = generate_note(notestr);
 		mem_free(notestr);
diff --git a/test/ical-009.sh b/test/ical-009.sh
index 9558f15..31dc283 100755
--- a/test/ical-009.sh
+++ b/test/ical-009.sh
@@ -10,11 +10,12 @@ if [ "$1" = 'actual' ]; then
   echo "$out" | sed -n '4,5p'
   log=$(echo "$out" | awk '$1 == "See" {print $2}')
   cat "$log" | sed '1,17d'
+  cat $PWD/.calcurse/notes/* | wc
   rm -rf .calcurse || exit 1
 elif [ "$1" = 'expected' ]; then
   cat <<EOD
 Import process report: 0068 lines read
-1 app / 0 events / 1 todo / 11 skipped
+2 apps / 0 events / 1 todo / 10 skipped
 
 VEVENT [12]: could not retrieve event start time.
 VEVENT [17]: recurrence frequency not recognized.
@@ -24,9 +25,9 @@ VEVENT [32]: malformed exceptions line.
 VEVENT [39]: line break in summary.
 VEVENT [44]: malformed description line.
 VEVENT [50]: malformed description.
-VEVENT [56]: empty description.
 VTODO [62]: malformed summary.
 VTODO [66]: The ical file seems to be malformed. The end of item was not found.
+      1       0       1
 EOD
 else
   ./run-test "$0"