diff --git a/calendar/inc/class.calendar_uiviews.inc.php b/calendar/inc/class.calendar_uiviews.inc.php
index 089b81c042..dcab975bad 100644
--- a/calendar/inc/class.calendar_uiviews.inc.php
+++ b/calendar/inc/class.calendar_uiviews.inc.php
@@ -1798,7 +1798,7 @@ class calendar_uiviews extends calendar_ui
 */
 		// Add event description to cal event view body if the event is long enough (ATM 3 times longer than interval)
 		// to be able to show some lines of description text
-		if ($event['whole_day'] || ($event['end'] - $event['start']) > ($this->cal_prefs['interval'] * 3 * 60))
+		if ($event['whole_day'] || ($event['end'] - $event['start']) > ($this->cal_prefs['interval'] * 3 * 60) && $this->use_time_grid)
 		{
 			$tpl->set_var('bodydescription', !$is_private ? nl2br(html::htmlspecialchars($event['description'])) : '');
 		}