diff --git a/web/react/components/channel_header.jsx b/web/react/components/channel_header.jsx
index 8d23ec6463..b81936b57c 100644
--- a/web/react/components/channel_header.jsx
+++ b/web/react/components/channel_header.jsx
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ export default class ChannelHeader extends React.Component {
         if (!Utils.areStatesEqual(newState, this.state)) {
             this.setState(newState);
         }
-        $('.channel-header__info .description').popover({placement: 'bottom', trigger: 'hover click', html: true, delay: {show: 500, hide: 500}});
+        $('.channel-header__info .description').popover({placement: 'bottom', trigger: 'hover', html: true, delay: {show: 500, hide: 500}});
     }
     onSocketChange(msg) {
         if (msg.action === 'new_user') {