diff --git a/common/options.description b/common/options.description
index 360fc21bca..51d3261abf 100644
--- a/common/options.description
+++ b/common/options.description
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ desc_option_microhttpd="Enable support for microhttpd"
 desc_option_mpcdec="Enable support for the Musepack decoder"
 desc_option_notify="Enable support for desktop notifications (libnotify)"
 desc_option_nvenc="Enable support for NVENC codecs"
+desc_option_openblas="Enable support for OpenBLAS accelerated linear algebra"
 desc_option_opengl="Enable support for OpenGL"
 desc_option_openssl="Enable support for SSL with OpenSSL"
 desc_option_pam="Enable support for PAM"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/dlib/template b/srcpkgs/dlib/template
index 442f3fec87..bd85c15d64 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/dlib/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/dlib/template
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ distfiles="https://github.com/davisking/${pkgname}/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=fc3f0986350e8e53aceadf95a71d2f413f1eedc469abda99a462cb528741d411
 
 build_options="openblas x11"
-desc_option_openblas="Enable OpenBlas for performance"
 desc_option_x11="Enable X11 for GUI components"
 build_options_default="openblas x11"
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-numpy/template b/srcpkgs/python3-numpy/template
index c4e97ae917..ae5a0d0953 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-numpy/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-numpy/template
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ checksum=43fe3bcdf27a2eb27196a1d140385aeece71c8b1a6eda18d2c6365239e50c60f
 alternatives="numpy:f2py:/usr/bin/f2py3"
 
 build_options="openblas"
-desc_option_openblas="Enable support for openblas accelerated linear algebra"
 
 case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 	x86_64*|i686*|aarch64*|armv[67]*|ppc64*)
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-scipy/template b/srcpkgs/python3-scipy/template
index 04b11c62df..0c778e8ef3 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-scipy/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-scipy/template
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ distfiles="https://github.com/scipy/scipy/releases/download/v${version}/scipy-${
 checksum=dd06d02e8ac6e13e973cbab3da63888daf26a4fec1cd8a8d0804ec872864a7f5
 
 build_options="openblas"
-desc_option_openblas="Enable support for openblas accelerated linear algebra"
 
 case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 	x86_64*|i686*|aarch64*|armv[67]*|ppc64*)