diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/pretty-text/addon/engines/discourse-markdown-it.js b/app/assets/javascripts/pretty-text/addon/engines/discourse-markdown-it.js
index 3454994cec..1a5f50a6de 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/pretty-text/addon/engines/discourse-markdown-it.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/pretty-text/addon/engines/discourse-markdown-it.js
@@ -141,12 +141,11 @@ export function extractDataAttribute(str) {
 
 // videoHTML and audioHTML follow the same HTML syntax
 // as oneboxer.rb when dealing with these formats
-function videoHTML(token, opts) {
+function videoHTML(token) {
   const src = token.attrGet("src");
   const origSrc = token.attrGet("data-orig-src");
   const dataOrigSrcAttr = origSrc !== null ? `data-orig-src="${origSrc}"` : "";
   return `<div class="video-container">
-    <p class="video-description">${opts.alt}</p>
     <video width="100%" height="100%" preload="metadata" controls>
       <source src="${src}" ${dataOrigSrcAttr}>
       <a href="${src}">${src}</a>
@@ -174,11 +173,8 @@ function renderImageOrPlayableMedia(tokens, idx, options, env, slf) {
   // markdown-it supports returning HTML instead of continuing to render the current token
   // see https://github.com/markdown-it/markdown-it/blob/master/docs/architecture.md#renderer
   // handles |video and |audio alt transformations for image tags
-  const mediaOpts = {
-    alt: split[0]
-  };
   if (split[1] === "video") {
-    return videoHTML(token, mediaOpts);
+    return videoHTML(token);
   } else if (split[1] === "audio") {
     return audioHTML(token);
   }
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/pretty-text/addon/white-lister.js b/app/assets/javascripts/pretty-text/addon/white-lister.js
index 15ae2ae238..0d2ded7a4d 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/pretty-text/addon/white-lister.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/pretty-text/addon/white-lister.js
@@ -185,7 +185,6 @@ export const DEFAULT_LIST = [
   "span.excerpt",
   "div.excerpt",
   "div.video-container",
-  "p.video-description",
   "span.hashtag",
   "span.mention",
   "strike",
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/onebox.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/onebox.scss
index 15da415d4e..124da3ec4b 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/onebox.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/onebox.scss
@@ -703,9 +703,6 @@ aside.onebox.stackexchange .onebox-body {
 // Force oneboxed videos to 16:9 aspect ratio
 .onebox.video-onebox,
 .video-container {
-  background: $primary-very-low;
-  border: 1px solid $primary-low;
-  border-radius: 2px;
   position: relative;
   padding: 0 0 56.25% 0;
   width: 100%;
@@ -717,12 +714,6 @@ aside.onebox.stackexchange .onebox-body {
   }
 }
 
-.video-description {
-  color: $primary-medium;
-  margin: 1rem;
-  position: absolute;
-}
-
 .onebox-placeholder-container {
   position: relative;
   width: 100%;
diff --git a/test/javascripts/lib/pretty-text-test.js b/test/javascripts/lib/pretty-text-test.js
index 5ab98959f8..e02e8c7e63 100644
--- a/test/javascripts/lib/pretty-text-test.js
+++ b/test/javascripts/lib/pretty-text-test.js
@@ -1029,7 +1029,6 @@ QUnit.test("video", assert => {
   assert.cooked(
     "![baby shark|video](upload://eyPnj7UzkU0AkGkx2dx8G4YM1Jx.mp4)",
     `<p><div class="video-container">
-    <p class="video-description">baby shark</p>
     <video width="100%" height="100%" preload="metadata" controls>
       <source src="/404" data-orig-src="upload://eyPnj7UzkU0AkGkx2dx8G4YM1Jx.mp4">
       <a href="/404">/404</a>
@@ -1056,7 +1055,6 @@ QUnit.test("video - mapped url - secure media enabled", assert => {
       lookupUploadUrls: lookupUploadUrls
     },
     `<p><div class="video-container">
-    <p class="video-description">baby shark</p>
     <video width="100%" height="100%" preload="metadata" controls>
       <source src="/secure-media-uploads/original/3X/c/b/test.mp4">
       <a href="/secure-media-uploads/original/3X/c/b/test.mp4">/secure-media-uploads/original/3X/c/b/test.mp4</a>