diff --git a/modules/reitit-openapi/src/reitit/openapi.clj b/modules/reitit-openapi/src/reitit/openapi.clj
index ee562d0a..aade0b60 100644
--- a/modules/reitit-openapi/src/reitit/openapi.clj
+++ b/modules/reitit-openapi/src/reitit/openapi.clj
@@ -110,9 +110,8 @@
                (merge {:in (name in)
                        :name k
                        :required (required? k)
-                       :schema (dissoc schema :deprecated)}
-                      (select-keys schema [:description])
-                      (when (:deprecated schema) {:deprecated true})))
+                       :schema (dissoc schema :description :deprecated)}
+                      (select-keys schema [:description :deprecated])))
              (into []))})
      (when body
        ;; :body uses a single schema to describe every :requestBody
diff --git a/test/cljc/reitit/openapi_test.clj b/test/cljc/reitit/openapi_test.clj
index 1fc50caf..1e875fce 100644
--- a/test/cljc/reitit/openapi_test.clj
+++ b/test/cljc/reitit/openapi_test.clj
@@ -171,8 +171,7 @@
                                                                       :deprecated true
                                                                       :required true
                                                                       :schema {:type "integer"
-                                                                               :format "int64"
-                                                                               :description "this is deprecated"}}
+                                                                               :format "int64"}}
                                                                      {:in "path"
                                                                       :name "z"
                                                                       :required true
@@ -221,8 +220,7 @@
                                                                        :required true
                                                                        :description "this is deprecated"
                                                                        :deprecated true
-                                                                       :schema {:type "integer"
-                                                                                :description "this is deprecated"}}
+                                                                       :schema {:type "integer"}}
                                                                       {:in "path"
                                                                        :name :z
                                                                        :required true
@@ -269,8 +267,7 @@
                                                                         :description "this is deprecated"
                                                                         :deprecated true
                                                                         :schema {:type "integer"
-                                                                                 :format "int32"
-                                                                                 :description "this is deprecated"}}
+                                                                                 :format "int32"}}
                                                                        {:in "path"
                                                                         :name "z"
                                                                         :required true