diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a1b94734c0..13a1d1adbf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## Main
+
+- Bug fix: Evtable options showed spurious empty lines if set without desc
+
 ## Evennia 1.2.0
 
 - Bug fix: `TagHandler.get` did not consistently cast to string (aMiss-aWry)
diff --git a/evennia/utils/evtable.py b/evennia/utils/evtable.py
index 8517344f61..6235fc1254 100644
--- a/evennia/utils/evtable.py
+++ b/evennia/utils/evtable.py
@@ -118,7 +118,6 @@ from copy import copy, deepcopy
 from textwrap import TextWrapper
 
 from django.conf import settings
-
 from evennia.utils.ansi import ANSIString
 from evennia.utils.utils import display_len as d_len
 from evennia.utils.utils import is_iter, justify
@@ -1543,7 +1542,6 @@ class EvTable:
             # we need to add new rows to new column
             empty_rows = ["" for _ in range(abs(excess))]
             column.add_rows(*empty_rows, **options)
-            self.nrows -= excess
 
         if xpos is None or xpos > wtable - 1:
             # add to the end