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-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/beam-modules/erlang-ls/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/compilers/alan/2.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/compilers/alan/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/compilers/cmucl/binary.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/compilers/elm/packages/ghc9_6/ansi-wl-pprint/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/compilers/elm/packages/ghc9_6/elm/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/compilers/flix/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/compilers/gforth/boot-forth.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/compilers/gforth/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.10.7-binary.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.10.7.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/9.2.4-binary.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/9.6.3-binary.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/common-hadrian.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/common-make-native-bignum.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.21.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.22.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/compilers/intercal/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/common/lld/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/compilers/lobster/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/compilers/open-watcom/v2.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/8.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/meta.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/openjfx/11.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/openjfx/15.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/openjfx/17.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/openjfx/19.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/openjfx/20.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/openjfx/21.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/openjfx/22.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/compilers/opensmalltalk-vm/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/compilers/orc/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/compilers/rust/binary.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/compilers/swift/compiler/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/compilers/swift/swiftpm/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/coq-modules/HoTT/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/coq-modules/coqide/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/coq-modules/goedel/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/coq-modules/iris/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/cuda-modules/cudatoolkit/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/cuda-modules/modules/cudnn/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/cuda-modules/modules/generic/manifests/redistrib/manifest.nix6
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/cuda-modules/modules/generic/manifests/redistrib/package.nix8
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/cuda-modules/modules/generic/manifests/redistrib/release.nix8
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/cuda-modules/modules/generic/releases/default.nix8
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/cuda-modules/modules/generic/types/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/cuda-modules/modules/tensorrt/default.nix4
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/interpreters/cling/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/interpreters/lfe/generic-builder.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/interpreter.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/interpreters/snobol4/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/interpreters/tcl/generic.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/interpreters/wasm3/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/interpreters/wasmer/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/libraries/apr/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/libraries/audio/zita-alsa-pcmi/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/libraries/basu/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/libraries/cgreen/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/libraries/classads/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/libraries/comedilib/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/libraries/doctest/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/libraries/egl-wayland/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/libraries/eglexternalplatform/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/libraries/elf-header/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/libraries/exprtk/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/libraries/gdcm/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/common.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/libraries/glpk/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/libraries/gnutls/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/libraries/grpc/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/libraries/gsl/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/libraries/libb2/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/libraries/libfreefare/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/libraries/libglvnd/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/libraries/libipfix/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/libraries/libngspice/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/libraries/libpng/12.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/libraries/libpng/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/libraries/librdf/raptor.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/libraries/librdf/raptor2.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/libraries/libsixel/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/libraries/libsrs2/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/libraries/libviperfx/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/libraries/libwbxml/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/libraries/mongoc/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/libraries/mongocxx/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/libraries/npth/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/libraries/osip/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/libraries/packr/default.nix4
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/libraries/physics/applgrid/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/libraries/physics/hepmc2/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/libraries/physics/hepmc3/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/libraries/ppl/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/libraries/pth/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/libraries/retro-gtk/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/clblast/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/libraries/slib/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/libraries/smooth/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/libraries/tdb/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/libraries/ti-rpc/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/libraries/tkimg/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/libraries/volk/2.5.0.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/libraries/volk/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/libraries/yyjson/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/libraries/zeroc-ice/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/libraries/zeromq/4.x.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/mirage/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/mirage/runtime.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/ppx_bap/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/php-packages/deployer/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/php-packages/mongodb/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/php-packages/phive/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/php-packages/vld/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/python-modules/ailment/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/python-modules/aiomqtt/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/python-modules/aplpy/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/python-modules/asterisk-mbox/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/python-modules/asteroid-filterbanks/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/python-modules/beanhub-extract/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/python-modules/bidict/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/python-modules/black/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/python-modules/chromadb/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/python-modules/cleanlab/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/python-modules/clickgen/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/python-modules/conda-libmamba-solver/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/python-modules/craft-application-1/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/python-modules/craft-application/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/python-modules/datadog/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/python-modules/dek/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/python-modules/django-contrib-comments/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/python-modules/django-crispy-forms/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/python-modules/docloud/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/python-modules/eth-hash/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/python-modules/face-recognition/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/python-modules/fastai/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/python-modules/fenics/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/python-modules/first/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/python-modules/flake8/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/python-modules/flask/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/python-modules/flet-core/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/python-modules/functiontrace/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/python-modules/gnureadline/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/python-modules/google-api-python-client/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/python-modules/gradient/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/python-modules/httpx/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/python-modules/hypercorn/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/python-modules/insteon-frontend-home-assistant/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/python-modules/jupyter-server/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/python-modules/kivy-garden/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/python-modules/klaus/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/python-modules/lacuscore/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/python-modules/libmambapy/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/python-modules/misoc/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/python-modules/mitmproxy-macos/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/python-modules/mitmproxy-rs/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/python-modules/mmtf-python/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/python-modules/msal-extensions/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/python-modules/msrest/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/python-modules/msrestazure/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/python-modules/nbformat/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/python-modules/openrouteservice/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/python-modules/osqp/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/python-modules/pillow-simd/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/python-modules/pillow/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/python-modules/pinecone-client/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/python-modules/pip/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/python-modules/powerline/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/python-modules/pyyaml/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/python-modules/resize-right/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/python-modules/rpcq/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/python-modules/snakemake-interface-report-plugins/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/python-modules/sqlalchemy/1_4.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/python-modules/sqlalchemy/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/python-modules/starlette/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/python-modules/steamship/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/python-modules/streamlit/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/python-modules/text-unidecode/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/python-modules/tkinter/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/python-modules/todoist/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/python-modules/trueskill/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/python-modules/trytond/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/python-modules/tskit/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/python-modules/uvicorn/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/python-modules/werkzeug/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/python-modules/xrootd/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/python-modules/yowsup/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/python2-modules/pip/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/tools/analysis/coan/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/tools/analysis/eresi/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/tools/azcopy/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/tools/database/dblab/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/tools/database/trino-cli/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/tools/electron-fiddle/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/tools/extism-cli/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/tools/fission/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/tools/fsautocomplete/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/tools/github-copilot-intellij-agent/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/tools/glamoroustoolkit/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/tools/hotdoc/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/tools/infisical/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/tools/irony-server/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/tools/kubeswitch/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/tools/misc/dart-sass/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/tools/misc/epm/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/tools/misc/gdb/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/tools/misc/igprof/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/tools/misc/n98-magerun/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/tools/misc/n98-magerun2/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/tools/misc/one_gadget/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/tools/misc/sipp/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/tools/misc/tet/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/tools/misc/texinfo/common.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/tools/mongosh/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/tools/mustache-go/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/tools/nodehun/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/tools/nufmt/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/tools/ocaml/cppo/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/tools/oras/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/tools/parsing/jikespg/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/tools/parsing/re-flex/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/tools/pax-rs/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/tools/protoc-gen-go-grpc/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/tools/pscale/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/tools/react-native-debugger/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/tools/replay-io/default.nix4
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/tools/rust/rustup/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/tools/shellharden/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/tools/solarus-quest-editor/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/tools/spirv-tools/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/tools/twitch-cli/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/tools/volta/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/tools/vulkan-validation-layers/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/tools/wabt/default.nix2
-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/web/protege-distribution/default.nix2
235 files changed, 249 insertions, 249 deletions
diff --git a/pkgs/development/beam-modules/erlang-ls/default.nix b/pkgs/development/beam-modules/erlang-ls/default.nix
index ea8ab0c5ecfdb..95b991cc7d822 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/beam-modules/erlang-ls/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/beam-modules/erlang-ls/default.nix
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ rebar3Relx {
   installFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" ];
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/erlang-ls/erlang_ls";
-    description = "The Erlang Language Server";
+    description = "Erlang Language Server";
     platforms = platforms.unix;
     license = licenses.asl20;
     mainProgram = "erlang_ls";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/alan/2.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/alan/2.nix
index a80b6ab35cb0a..ce175dba687a3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/alan/2.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/alan/2.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://www.alanif.se/";
-    description = "The Alan interactive fiction language (legacy version)";
+    description = "Alan interactive fiction language (legacy version)";
     license = licenses.artistic2;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ neilmayhew ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/alan/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/alan/default.nix
index 61f7b1c0f7b81..296f9331c8152 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/alan/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/alan/default.nix
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://www.alanif.se/";
-    description = "The Alan interactive fiction language";
+    description = "Alan interactive fiction language";
     license = licenses.artistic2;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ neilmayhew ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/cmucl/binary.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/cmucl/binary.nix
index 7ad50a369c62e..130b757856a09 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/cmucl/binary.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/cmucl/binary.nix
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "http://www.cons.org/cmucl/";
-    description = "The CMU implementation of Common Lisp";
+    description = "CMU implementation of Common Lisp";
     longDescription = ''
       CMUCL is a free implementation of the Common Lisp programming language
       which runs on most major Unix platforms.  It mainly conforms to the
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/elm/packages/ghc9_6/ansi-wl-pprint/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/elm/packages/ghc9_6/ansi-wl-pprint/default.nix
index 392ca5ab31b1b..272f0c520e526 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/elm/packages/ghc9_6/ansi-wl-pprint/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/elm/packages/ghc9_6/ansi-wl-pprint/default.nix
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ mkDerivation {
   isExecutable = true;
   libraryHaskellDepends = [ ansi-terminal base ];
   homepage = "http://github.com/ekmett/ansi-wl-pprint";
-  description = "The Wadler/Leijen Pretty Printer for colored ANSI terminal output";
+  description = "Wadler/Leijen Pretty Printer for colored ANSI terminal output";
   license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/elm/packages/ghc9_6/elm/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/elm/packages/ghc9_6/elm/default.nix
index 1071d50a84c95..65f9ffe40bda4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/elm/packages/ghc9_6/elm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/elm/packages/ghc9_6/elm/default.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ mkDerivation {
     vector zip-archive
   ];
   homepage = "https://elm-lang.org";
-  description = "The `elm` command line interface";
+  description = "`elm` command line interface";
   license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
   mainProgram = "elm";
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/flix/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/flix/default.nix
index 3499b7390f699..3aeb169a0c27f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/flix/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/flix/default.nix
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The Flix Programming Language";
+    description = "Flix Programming Language";
     mainProgram = "flix";
     homepage = "https://github.com/flix/flix";
     sourceProvenance = with sourceTypes; [ binaryBytecode ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gforth/boot-forth.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gforth/boot-forth.nix
index 74a267687b8f2..657847164bb07 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gforth/boot-forth.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gforth/boot-forth.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   configureFlags = lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ "--build=x86_64-apple-darwin" ];
 
   meta = {
-    description = "The Forth implementation of the GNU project (outdated version used to bootstrap)";
+    description = "Forth implementation of the GNU project (outdated version used to bootstrap)";
     homepage = "https://www.gnu.org/software/gforth/";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl3;
     platforms = lib.platforms.all;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gforth/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gforth/default.nix
index b76482ba5963d..56d89fd628f21 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gforth/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gforth/default.nix
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "The Forth implementation of the GNU project";
+    description = "Forth implementation of the GNU project";
     homepage = "https://github.com/forthy42/gforth";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl3;
     broken = stdenv.isDarwin && stdenv.isAarch64; # segfault when running ./gforthmi
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.10.7-binary.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.10.7-binary.nix
index 16642e56bfd92..c29b3c89f4b87 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.10.7-binary.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.10.7-binary.nix
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = rec {
     homepage = "http://haskell.org/ghc";
-    description = "The Glasgow Haskell Compiler";
+    description = "Glasgow Haskell Compiler";
     license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
     # HACK: since we can't encode the libc / abi in platforms, we need
     # to make the platform list dependent on the evaluation platform
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.10.7.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.10.7.nix
index cc819ff8dcbfd..cf867408dd315 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.10.7.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/8.10.7.nix
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://haskell.org/ghc";
-    description = "The Glasgow Haskell Compiler";
+    description = "Glasgow Haskell Compiler";
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
       guibou
     ] ++ lib.teams.haskell.members;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/9.2.4-binary.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/9.2.4-binary.nix
index 77d70d2950707..920b63ce4eab0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/9.2.4-binary.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/9.2.4-binary.nix
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = rec {
     homepage = "http://haskell.org/ghc";
-    description = "The Glasgow Haskell Compiler";
+    description = "Glasgow Haskell Compiler";
     license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
     # HACK: since we can't encode the libc / abi in platforms, we need
     # to make the platform list dependent on the evaluation platform
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/9.6.3-binary.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/9.6.3-binary.nix
index b8ad3c1192eb4..65ed655e57974 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/9.6.3-binary.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/9.6.3-binary.nix
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = rec {
     homepage = "http://haskell.org/ghc";
-    description = "The Glasgow Haskell Compiler";
+    description = "Glasgow Haskell Compiler";
     license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
     # HACK: since we can't encode the libc / abi in platforms, we need
     # to make the platform list dependent on the evaluation platform
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/common-hadrian.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/common-hadrian.nix
index 2ebb552ec6097..fcb5d43de7c0d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/common-hadrian.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/common-hadrian.nix
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://haskell.org/ghc";
-    description = "The Glasgow Haskell Compiler";
+    description = "Glasgow Haskell Compiler";
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
       guibou
     ] ++ lib.teams.haskell.members;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/common-make-native-bignum.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/common-make-native-bignum.nix
index 44b67357f1158..6142c76f64078 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/common-make-native-bignum.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/common-make-native-bignum.nix
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://haskell.org/ghc";
-    description = "The Glasgow Haskell Compiler";
+    description = "Glasgow Haskell Compiler";
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
       guibou
     ] ++ lib.teams.haskell.members;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.21.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.21.nix
index 3351616233009..312106f6388c3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.21.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.21.nix
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     changelog = "https://go.dev/doc/devel/release#go${lib.versions.majorMinor finalAttrs.version}";
-    description = "The Go Programming language";
+    description = "Go Programming language";
     homepage = "https://go.dev/";
     license = licenses.bsd3;
     maintainers = teams.golang.members;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.22.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.22.nix
index aad242c886069..d3b8982118aeb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.22.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/go/1.22.nix
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     changelog = "https://go.dev/doc/devel/release#go${lib.versions.majorMinor finalAttrs.version}";
-    description = "The Go Programming language";
+    description = "Go Programming language";
     homepage = "https://go.dev/";
     license = licenses.bsd3;
     maintainers = teams.golang.members;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/intercal/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/intercal/default.nix
index 1fde0f320c405..6e6fd63fa5b2d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/intercal/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/intercal/default.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The original esoteric programming language";
+    description = "Original esoteric programming language";
     longDescription = ''
       INTERCAL, an abbreviation for "Compiler Language With No
       Pronounceable Acronym", is a famously esoterical programming
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/common/lld/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/common/lld/default.nix
index be296be91e770..99bb150a817dc 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/common/lld/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/common/lld/default.nix
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
 
   meta = llvm_meta // {
     homepage = "https://lld.llvm.org/";
-    description = "The LLVM linker (unwrapped)";
+    description = "LLVM linker (unwrapped)";
     longDescription = ''
       LLD is a linker from the LLVM project that is a drop-in replacement for
       system linkers and runs much faster than them. It also provides features
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/lobster/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/lobster/default.nix
index ec961a22cb1b3..645e7019aa73b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/lobster/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/lobster/default.nix
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   meta = with lib; {
     broken = stdenv.isDarwin;
     homepage = "https://strlen.com/lobster/";
-    description = "The Lobster programming language";
+    description = "Lobster programming language";
     mainProgram = "lobster";
     longDescription = ''
       Lobster is a programming language that tries to combine the advantages of
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/open-watcom/v2.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/open-watcom/v2.nix
index ac529c7de4ef0..ddd62872d4510 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/open-watcom/v2.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/open-watcom/v2.nix
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The v2 fork of the Open Watcom suite of compilers and tools";
+    description = "V2 fork of the Open Watcom suite of compilers and tools";
     longDescription = ''
       A fork of Open Watcom: A C/C++/Fortran compiler and assembler suite
       targeting a multitude of architectures (x86, IA-32, Alpha AXP, MIPS,
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/8.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/8.nix
index 093050be5b801..70561d83f3088 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/8.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/8.nix
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ let
     meta = with lib; {
       homepage = "http://openjdk.java.net/";
       license = licenses.gpl2;
-      description = "The open-source Java Development Kit";
+      description = "Open-source Java Development Kit";
       maintainers = with maintainers; [ edwtjo ];
       platforms = [ "i686-linux" "x86_64-linux" "aarch64-linux" ];
       mainProgram = "java";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/meta.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/meta.nix
index 5078b77bfdd8c..04ed684eefab5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/meta.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/meta.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 lib: version: with lib; {
   homepage = "https://openjdk.java.net/";
   license = licenses.gpl2Only;
-  description = "The open-source Java Development Kit";
+  description = "Open-source Java Development Kit";
   maintainers = with maintainers; [ edwtjo infinidoge ];
   platforms = [ "i686-linux" "x86_64-linux" "aarch64-linux" "armv7l-linux" "armv6l-linux" "powerpc64le-linux" ];
   mainProgram = "java";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/openjfx/11.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/openjfx/11.nix
index 463e0e2d7cac7..22b844bb1d67c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/openjfx/11.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/openjfx/11.nix
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ in makePackage {
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "http://openjdk.java.net/projects/openjfx/";
     license = licenses.gpl2;
-    description = "The next-generation Java client toolkit";
+    description = "Next-generation Java client toolkit";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ abbradar ];
     platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/openjfx/15.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/openjfx/15.nix
index 1fb48f460d2fd..77c8e4678d6c9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/openjfx/15.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/openjfx/15.nix
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ in makePackage {
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "http://openjdk.java.net/projects/openjfx/";
     license = licenses.gpl2;
-    description = "The next-generation Java client toolkit";
+    description = "Next-generation Java client toolkit";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ abbradar ];
     knownVulnerabilities = [
       "This OpenJFX version has reached its end of life."
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/openjfx/17.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/openjfx/17.nix
index fab6ca5e7df83..00fa6af725e5b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/openjfx/17.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/openjfx/17.nix
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ in makePackage {
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "http://openjdk.java.net/projects/openjfx/";
     license = licenses.gpl2;
-    description = "The next-generation Java client toolkit";
+    description = "Next-generation Java client toolkit";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ abbradar ];
     platforms = platforms.unix;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/openjfx/19.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/openjfx/19.nix
index 2100f962917ad..38720efaba545 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/openjfx/19.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/openjfx/19.nix
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ in makePackage {
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://openjdk.org/projects/openjfx/";
     license = licenses.gpl2Classpath;
-    description = "The next-generation Java client toolkit";
+    description = "Next-generation Java client toolkit";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ abbradar ];
     platforms = platforms.unix;
     knownVulnerabilities = [
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/openjfx/20.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/openjfx/20.nix
index 648f470a004d5..0aa7b262e834e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/openjfx/20.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/openjfx/20.nix
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ in makePackage {
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://openjdk.org/projects/openjfx/";
     license = licenses.gpl2Classpath;
-    description = "The next-generation Java client toolkit";
+    description = "Next-generation Java client toolkit";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ abbradar ];
     platforms = platforms.unix;
     knownVulnerabilities = [
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/openjfx/21.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/openjfx/21.nix
index 34693b3f921cf..d4092a99f363c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/openjfx/21.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/openjfx/21.nix
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ in makePackage {
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://openjdk.org/projects/openjfx/";
     license = licenses.gpl2Classpath;
-    description = "The next-generation Java client toolkit";
+    description = "Next-generation Java client toolkit";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ abbradar ];
     platforms = platforms.unix;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/openjfx/22.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/openjfx/22.nix
index 0ff861ed125d6..c34ff04668954 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/openjfx/22.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/openjfx/22.nix
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ makePackage {
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://openjdk.org/projects/openjfx/";
     license = licenses.gpl2Classpath;
-    description = "The next-generation Java client toolkit";
+    description = "Next-generation Java client toolkit";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ abbradar ];
     platforms = platforms.unix;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/opensmalltalk-vm/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/opensmalltalk-vm/default.nix
index 275ae4ee63250..ef238ebaf306f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/opensmalltalk-vm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/opensmalltalk-vm/default.nix
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ let
       '';
 
       meta = {
-        description = "The cross-platform virtual machine for Squeak, Pharo, Cuis, and Newspeak";
+        description = "Cross-platform virtual machine for Squeak, Pharo, Cuis, and Newspeak";
         mainProgram = scriptName;
         homepage = "https://opensmalltalk.org/";
         license = with lib.licenses; [ mit ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/orc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/orc/default.nix
index 9841fd94f2d01..fbd808184156d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/orc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/orc/default.nix
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The Oil Runtime Compiler";
+    description = "Oil Runtime Compiler";
     homepage = "https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/projects/orc.html";
     changelog = "https://cgit.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/orc/plain/RELEASE?h=${version}";
     # The source code implementing the Marsenne Twister algorithm is licensed
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/binary.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/binary.nix
index a69dc78d3d26c..d1df1c542e982 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/binary.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/binary.nix
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ rec {
     meta = with lib; {
       homepage = "https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/";
       sourceProvenance = with sourceTypes; [ binaryNativeCode ];
-      description = "The Rust package manager";
+      description = "Rust package manager";
       maintainers = with maintainers; [ qknight ];
       license = [ licenses.mit licenses.asl20 ];
     };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/swift/compiler/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/swift/compiler/default.nix
index cef1358aed735..3576735d9dc71 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/swift/compiler/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/swift/compiler/default.nix
@@ -696,7 +696,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
   };
 
   meta = {
-    description = "The Swift Programming Language";
+    description = "Swift Programming Language";
     homepage = "https://github.com/apple/swift";
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ dtzWill trepetti dduan trundle stephank ];
     license = lib.licenses.asl20;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/swift/swiftpm/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/swift/swiftpm/default.nix
index 2f3cb9530cfe5..ff4f5f1e1b10c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/swift/swiftpm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/swift/swiftpm/default.nix
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation (commonAttrs // {
   setupHook = ./setup-hook.sh;
 
   meta = {
-    description = "The Package Manager for the Swift Programming Language";
+    description = "Package Manager for the Swift Programming Language";
     homepage = "https://github.com/apple/swift-package-manager";
     platforms = with lib.platforms; linux ++ darwin;
     license = lib.licenses.asl20;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/coq-modules/HoTT/default.nix b/pkgs/development/coq-modules/HoTT/default.nix
index 426880940070b..6bc8ad9bb1804 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/coq-modules/HoTT/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/coq-modules/HoTT/default.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ mkCoqDerivation {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://homotopytypetheory.org/";
-    description = "The Homotopy Type Theory library";
+    description = "Homotopy Type Theory library";
     longDescription = ''
       Homotopy Type Theory is an interpretation of Martin-Löf’s intensional
       type theory into abstract homotopy theory. Propositional equality is
diff --git a/pkgs/development/coq-modules/coqide/default.nix b/pkgs/development/coq-modules/coqide/default.nix
index 449e81040dfa9..a4b85cdd7fbbe 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/coq-modules/coqide/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/coq-modules/coqide/default.nix
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ mkCoqDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://coq.inria.fr";
-    description = "The CoqIDE user interface for the Coq proof assistant";
+    description = "CoqIDE user interface for the Coq proof assistant";
     mainProgram = "coqide";
     license = licenses.lgpl21Plus;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.Zimmi48 ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/coq-modules/goedel/default.nix b/pkgs/development/coq-modules/goedel/default.nix
index 1b16f8c3948a5..2dae5941197d1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/coq-modules/goedel/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/coq-modules/goedel/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ mkCoqDerivation {
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ hydra-battles pocklington ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The Gödel-Rosser 1st incompleteness theorem in Coq";
+    description = "Gödel-Rosser 1st incompleteness theorem in Coq";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ siraben ];
     license = licenses.mit;
     platforms = platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/coq-modules/iris/default.nix b/pkgs/development/coq-modules/iris/default.nix
index ae6798243b6ac..a39e8a99509c3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/coq-modules/iris/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/coq-modules/iris/default.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ mkCoqDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The Coq development of the Iris Project";
+    description = "Coq development of the Iris Project";
     license = licenses.bsd3;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.vbgl maintainers.ineol ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/cuda-modules/cudatoolkit/default.nix b/pkgs/development/cuda-modules/cudatoolkit/default.nix
index e5606f9395129..24e41d3318956 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/cuda-modules/cudatoolkit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/cuda-modules/cudatoolkit/default.nix
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ backendStdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The deprecated runfile-based CUDAToolkit installation (a compiler for NVIDIA GPUs, math libraries, and tools)";
+    description = "Deprecated runfile-based CUDAToolkit installation (a compiler for NVIDIA GPUs, math libraries, and tools)";
     homepage = "https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-toolkit";
     platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
     license = licenses.nvidiaCuda;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/cuda-modules/modules/cudnn/default.nix b/pkgs/development/cuda-modules/modules/cudnn/default.nix
index b9fe238e2587b..36a9a26bda523 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/cuda-modules/modules/cudnn/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/cuda-modules/modules/cudnn/default.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   # to the generic release.
   # {
   #   url = options.mkOption {
-  #     description = "The URL to download the tarball from";
+  #     description = "URL to download the tarball from";
   #     type = types.str;
   #   };
   # }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/cuda-modules/modules/generic/manifests/redistrib/manifest.nix b/pkgs/development/cuda-modules/modules/generic/manifests/redistrib/manifest.nix
index cf5ea68820749..b6f765a38a078 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/cuda-modules/modules/generic/manifests/redistrib/manifest.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/cuda-modules/modules/generic/manifests/redistrib/manifest.nix
@@ -11,20 +11,20 @@ options.mkOption {
     freeformType = types.attrsOf Release.type;
     options = {
       release_date = options.mkOption {
-        description = "The release date of the manifest";
+        description = "Release date of the manifest";
         type = types.nullOr types.str;
         default = null;
         example = "2023-08-29";
       };
       release_label = options.mkOption {
-        description = "The release label of the manifest";
+        description = "Release label of the manifest";
         type = types.nullOr types.str;
         default = null;
         example = "12.2.2";
       };
       release_product = options.mkOption {
         example = "cuda";
-        description = "The release product of the manifest";
+        description = "Release product of the manifest";
         type = types.nullOr types.str;
         default = null;
       };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/cuda-modules/modules/generic/manifests/redistrib/package.nix b/pkgs/development/cuda-modules/modules/generic/manifests/redistrib/package.nix
index 6f5b148908b01..bf3bd478a1239 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/cuda-modules/modules/generic/manifests/redistrib/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/cuda-modules/modules/generic/manifests/redistrib/package.nix
@@ -8,22 +8,22 @@ options.mkOption {
   type = types.submodule {
     options = {
       relative_path = options.mkOption {
-        description = "The relative path to the package";
+        description = "Relative path to the package";
         example = "cuda_cccl/linux-x86_64/cuda_cccl-linux-x86_64-11.5.62-archive.tar.xz";
         type = types.str;
       };
       sha256 = options.mkOption {
-        description = "The sha256 hash of the package";
+        description = "Sha256 hash of the package";
         example = "bbe633d6603d5a96a214dcb9f3f6f6fd2fa04d62e53694af97ae0c7afe0121b0";
         type = types.str;
       };
       md5 = options.mkOption {
-        description = "The md5 hash of the package";
+        description = "Md5 hash of the package";
         example = "e5deef4f6cb71f14aac5be5d5745dafe";
         type = types.str;
       };
       size = options.mkOption {
-        description = "The size of the package as a string";
+        description = "Size of the package as a string";
         type = types.str;
         example = "960968";
       };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/cuda-modules/modules/generic/manifests/redistrib/release.nix b/pkgs/development/cuda-modules/modules/generic/manifests/redistrib/release.nix
index a319f9ce79fcf..0165ecbb08bc6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/cuda-modules/modules/generic/manifests/redistrib/release.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/cuda-modules/modules/generic/manifests/redistrib/release.nix
@@ -11,23 +11,23 @@ options.mkOption {
     freeformType = types.attrsOf Package.type;
     options = {
       name = options.mkOption {
-        description = "The full name of the package";
+        description = "Full name of the package";
         example = "CXX Core Compute Libraries";
         type = types.str;
       };
       license = options.mkOption {
-        description = "The license of the package";
+        description = "License of the package";
         example = "CUDA Toolkit";
         type = types.str;
       };
       license_path = options.mkOption {
-        description = "The path to the license of the package";
+        description = "Path to the license of the package";
         example = "cuda_cccl/LICENSE.txt";
         default = null;
         type = types.nullOr types.str;
       };
       version = options.mkOption {
-        description = "The version of the package";
+        description = "Version of the package";
         example = "11.5.62";
         type = types.str;
       };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/cuda-modules/modules/generic/releases/default.nix b/pkgs/development/cuda-modules/modules/generic/releases/default.nix
index 1ab0d35f106c6..87985ef08134f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/cuda-modules/modules/generic/releases/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/cuda-modules/modules/generic/releases/default.nix
@@ -21,19 +21,19 @@ in
             freeformType = types.attrsOf types.anything;
             options = {
               version = options.mkOption {
-                description = "The version of the package";
+                description = "Version of the package";
                 type = majorMinorPatchBuildVersion;
               };
               minCudaVersion = options.mkOption {
-                description = "The minimum CUDA version supported";
+                description = "Minimum CUDA version supported";
                 type = majorMinorVersion;
               };
               maxCudaVersion = options.mkOption {
-                description = "The maximum CUDA version supported";
+                description = "Maximum CUDA version supported";
                 type = majorMinorVersion;
               };
               hash = options.mkOption {
-                description = "The hash of the tarball";
+                description = "Hash of the tarball";
                 type = types.str;
               };
             };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/cuda-modules/modules/generic/types/default.nix b/pkgs/development/cuda-modules/modules/generic/types/default.nix
index 4011024799dfc..31e0a4403e810 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/cuda-modules/modules/generic/types/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/cuda-modules/modules/generic/types/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ in
     # https://github.com/ConnorBaker/cuda-redist-find-features/blob/c841980e146f8664bbcd0ba1399e486b7910617b/cuda_redist_find_features/types/_lib_so_name.py
     libSoName = types.strMatching ".*\\.so(\\.[[:digit:]]+)*$" // {
       name = "libSoName";
-      description = "The name of a shared object file";
+      description = "Name of a shared object file";
     };
 
     majorMinorVersion = types.strMatching "^([[:digit:]]+)\\.([[:digit:]]+)$" // {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/cuda-modules/modules/tensorrt/default.nix b/pkgs/development/cuda-modules/modules/tensorrt/default.nix
index 0d5f035a17128..a214a26e434be 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/cuda-modules/modules/tensorrt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/cuda-modules/modules/tensorrt/default.nix
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
   # to the generic release.
   # {
   #   cudnnVersion = lib.options.mkOption {
-  #     description = "The CUDNN version supported";
+  #     description = "CUDNN version supported";
   #     type = types.nullOr majorMinorVersion;
   #   };
   #   filename = lib.options.mkOption {
-  #     description = "The tarball name";
+  #     description = "Tarball name";
   #     type = types.str;
   #   };
   # }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/cling/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/cling/default.nix
index 2f3327b0554a0..2b6d2c26c09f3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/cling/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/cling/default.nix
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ let
     dontStrip = debug;
 
     meta = with lib; {
-      description = "The Interactive C++ Interpreter";
+      description = "Interactive C++ Interpreter";
       mainProgram = "cling";
       homepage = "https://root.cern/cling/";
       license = with licenses; [ lgpl21 ncsa ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/lfe/generic-builder.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/lfe/generic-builder.nix
index 1589121d998d9..908417f7c7089 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/lfe/generic-builder.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/lfe/generic-builder.nix
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ buildRebar3 {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description     = "The best of Erlang and of Lisp; at the same time!";
+    description     = "Best of Erlang and of Lisp; at the same time!";
     longDescription = ''
       LFE, Lisp Flavoured Erlang, is a lisp syntax front-end to the Erlang
       compiler. Code produced with it is compatible with "normal" Erlang
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/interpreter.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/interpreter.nix
index 95ddc5a543cf8..fb835b22f1de9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/interpreter.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/interpreter.nix
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://www.perl.org/";
-    description = "The standard implementation of the Perl 5 programming language";
+    description = "Standard implementation of the Perl 5 programming language";
     license = licenses.artistic1;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.eelco ];
     platforms = platforms.all;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/snobol4/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/snobol4/default.nix
index d5970c4ab873b..2d276e6a03629 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/snobol4/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/snobol4/default.nix
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The Macro Implementation of SNOBOL4 in C";
+    description = "Macro Implementation of SNOBOL4 in C";
     longDescription = ''
       An open source port of Macro SNOBOL4 (The original Bell Telephone Labs implementation, written in SIL macros) by Phil Budne.
       Supports full SNOBOL4 language plus SPITBOL, [Blocks](https://www.regressive.org/snobol4/blocks/) and other extensions.
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/tcl/generic.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/tcl/generic.nix
index 5ee967161f832..63eafd9c3e81c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/tcl/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/tcl/generic.nix
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ let
       '';
 
       meta = with lib; {
-        description = "The Tcl scripting language";
+        description = "Tcl scripting language";
         homepage = "https://www.tcl.tk/";
         license = licenses.tcltk;
         platforms = platforms.all;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/wasm3/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/wasm3/default.nix
index 6dd68462d1be4..ab7ed45dcc711 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/wasm3/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/wasm3/default.nix
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/wasm3/wasm3";
-    description = "The fastest WebAssembly interpreter, and the most universal runtime";
+    description = "Fastest WebAssembly interpreter, and the most universal runtime";
     platforms = platforms.all;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ malbarbo ];
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/wasmer/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/wasmer/default.nix
index ed9139af17b8e..030aa67fc2e37 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/wasmer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/wasmer/default.nix
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   doCheck = false;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The Universal WebAssembly Runtime";
+    description = "Universal WebAssembly Runtime";
     mainProgram = "wasmer";
     longDescription = ''
       Wasmer is a standalone WebAssembly runtime for running WebAssembly outside
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/apr/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/apr/default.nix
index dfa97d200e913..11bdd53945d06 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/apr/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/apr/default.nix
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://apr.apache.org/";
-    description = "The Apache Portable Runtime library";
+    description = "Apache Portable Runtime library";
     mainProgram = "apr-1-config";
     platforms = platforms.all;
     license = licenses.asl20;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/audio/zita-alsa-pcmi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/audio/zita-alsa-pcmi/default.nix
index fc5162b34e8d4..64113993f1eaa 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/audio/zita-alsa-pcmi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/audio/zita-alsa-pcmi/default.nix
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "The successor of clalsadrv, provides easy access to ALSA PCM devices";
+    description = "Successor of clalsadrv, provides easy access to ALSA PCM devices";
     version = version;
     homepage = "http://kokkinizita.linuxaudio.org/linuxaudio/downloads/index.html";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl3;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/basu/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/basu/default.nix
index 4665c4c2d158b..a3bd836ee83fc 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/basu/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/basu/default.nix
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://sr.ht/~emersion/basu";
-    description = "The sd-bus library, extracted from systemd";
+    description = "Sd-bus library, extracted from systemd";
     mainProgram = "basuctl";
     license = lib.licenses.lgpl21Only;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ AndersonTorres ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/cgreen/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/cgreen/default.nix
index 921eb6c797247..c6394a456efd9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/cgreen/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/cgreen/default.nix
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/cgreen-devs/cgreen";
-    description = "The Modern Unit Test and Mocking Framework for C and C++";
+    description = "Modern Unit Test and Mocking Framework for C and C++";
     mainProgram = "cgreen-runner";
     license = lib.licenses.isc;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.AndersonTorres ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/classads/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/classads/default.nix
index 6fef10fe5d24e..bbe342d98198b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/classads/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/classads/default.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://www.cs.wisc.edu/condor/classad/";
-    description = "The Classified Advertisements library provides a generic means for matching resources";
+    description = "Classified Advertisements library provides a generic means for matching resources";
     license = lib.licenses.asl20;
     platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/comedilib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/comedilib/default.nix
index ab97ac09a57ec..95de887242bf5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/comedilib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/comedilib/default.nix
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" "man" "doc" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The Linux Control and Measurement Device Interface Library";
+    description = "Linux Control and Measurement Device Interface Library";
     homepage = "https://github.com/Linux-Comedi/comedilib";
     license = licenses.lgpl21;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.doronbehar ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/doctest/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/doctest/default.nix
index 642cfa3052f71..1acddbbd12ec6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/doctest/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/doctest/default.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/doctest/doctest";
-    description = "The fastest feature-rich C++11/14/17/20 single-header testing framework";
+    description = "Fastest feature-rich C++11/14/17/20 single-header testing framework";
     platforms = platforms.all;
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ davidtwco ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/egl-wayland/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/egl-wayland/default.nix
index 626cd52df7a84..7291ff8f8e9d3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/egl-wayland/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/egl-wayland/default.nix
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The EGLStream-based Wayland external platform";
+    description = "EGLStream-based Wayland external platform";
     homepage = "https://github.com/NVIDIA/egl-wayland/";
     license = licenses.mit;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/eglexternalplatform/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/eglexternalplatform/default.nix
index 2845faa9d0884..50e2763722740 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/eglexternalplatform/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/eglexternalplatform/default.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The EGL External Platform interface";
+    description = "EGL External Platform interface";
     homepage = "https://github.com/NVIDIA/eglexternalplatform";
     license = licenses.mit;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/elf-header/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/elf-header/default.nix
index 72166bb38ce99..4953251d4af6d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/elf-header/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/elf-header/default.nix
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation {
 
   meta = libc.meta // {
     outputsToInstall = [ "out" ];
-    description = "The datastructures of ELF according to the target platform's libc";
+    description = "Datastructures of ELF according to the target platform's libc";
     longDescription = ''
       The Executable and Linkable Format (ELF, formerly named Extensible Linking
       Format), is usually defined in a header like this.
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/exprtk/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/exprtk/default.nix
index 8dc4f7598abd6..1d917f6de6ed1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/exprtk/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/exprtk/default.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The C++ Mathematical Expression Toolkit Library";
+    description = "C++ Mathematical Expression Toolkit Library";
     homepage = "https://www.partow.net/programming/exprtk/index.html";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ anselmschueler ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gdcm/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gdcm/default.nix
index 84e0686d5937d..bdfa576f23dfe 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gdcm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gdcm/default.nix
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   # a number of additional but much slower tests are enabled
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The grassroots cross-platform DICOM implementation";
+    description = "Grassroots cross-platform DICOM implementation";
     longDescription = ''
       Grassroots DICOM (GDCM) is an implementation of the DICOM standard designed to be open source so that researchers may access clinical data directly.
       GDCM includes a file format definition and a network communications protocol, both of which should be extended to provide a full set of tools for a researcher or small medical imaging vendor to interface with an existing medical database.
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/common.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/common.nix
index 1dde7c44bd47d..25a83b1dc6d21 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/common.nix
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/";
-    description = "The GNU C Library";
+    description = "GNU C Library";
 
     longDescription =
       '' Any Unix-like operating system needs a C library: the library which
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/default.nix
index e07c354aa4e09..96a08178637df 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/default.nix
@@ -182,6 +182,6 @@ in
         inherit libgcc;
       };
 
-  meta = (previousAttrs.meta or {}) // { description = "The GNU C Library"; };
+  meta = (previousAttrs.meta or {}) // { description = "GNU C Library"; };
 })
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glpk/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/glpk/default.nix
index a78170909caa9..9fa8765f054ec 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/glpk/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/glpk/default.nix
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   doCheck = true;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The GNU Linear Programming Kit";
+    description = "GNU Linear Programming Kit";
 
     longDescription =
       '' The GNU Linear Programming Kit is intended for solving large
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gnutls/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gnutls/default.nix
index b527c0d3c3331..48e027f5246bb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gnutls/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gnutls/default.nix
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The GNU Transport Layer Security Library";
+    description = "GNU Transport Layer Security Library";
 
     longDescription = ''
       GnuTLS is a project that aims to develop a library which
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/grpc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/grpc/default.nix
index bf9b58ec4a092..2110755a17197 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/grpc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/grpc/default.nix
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The C based gRPC (C++, Python, Ruby, Objective-C, PHP, C#)";
+    description = "C based gRPC (C++, Python, Ruby, Objective-C, PHP, C#)";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ lnl7 ];
     homepage = "https://grpc.io/";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gsl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gsl/default.nix
index ffe168674e68f..7e3d11528a4f0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gsl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gsl/default.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   doCheck = stdenv.hostPlatform.system != "i686-linux";
 
   meta = {
-    description = "The GNU Scientific Library, a large numerical library";
+    description = "GNU Scientific Library, a large numerical library";
     homepage = "https://www.gnu.org/software/gsl/";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libb2/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libb2/default.nix
index 9e507188aad39..39697b4af521a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libb2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libb2/default.nix
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   passthru.tests.pkg-config = testers.testMetaPkgConfig finalAttrs.finalPackage;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The BLAKE2 family of cryptographic hash functions";
+    description = "BLAKE2 family of cryptographic hash functions";
     homepage = "https://blake2.net/";
     pkgConfigModules = [ "libb2" ];
     platforms = platforms.all;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libfreefare/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libfreefare/default.nix
index f1466dd5a9f53..b05ea5bbe2d5c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libfreefare/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libfreefare/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   buildInputs = [ libnfc openssl ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ libobjc IOKit Security ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The libfreefare project aims to provide a convenient API for MIFARE card manipulations";
+    description = "Libfreefare project aims to provide a convenient API for MIFARE card manipulations";
     license = licenses.lgpl3;
     homepage = "https://github.com/nfc-tools/libfreefare";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [bobvanderlinden];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libglvnd/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libglvnd/default.nix
index a7480d6ffb95a..9a9c3b861d6d4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libglvnd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libglvnd/default.nix
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   passthru = { inherit (addOpenGLRunpath) driverLink; };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The GL Vendor-Neutral Dispatch library";
+    description = "GL Vendor-Neutral Dispatch library";
     longDescription = ''
       libglvnd is a vendor-neutral dispatch layer for arbitrating OpenGL API
       calls between multiple vendors. It allows multiple drivers from different
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libipfix/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libipfix/default.nix
index 96fd190e15bbb..e6ddb9b471c7c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libipfix/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libipfix/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://libipfix.sourceforge.net/";
-    description = "The libipfix C-library implements the IPFIX protocol defined by the IP Flow Information Export working group of the IETF";
+    description = "Libipfix C-library implements the IPFIX protocol defined by the IP Flow Information Export working group of the IETF";
     mainProgram = "ipfix_collector";
     license = licenses.lgpl3;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libngspice/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libngspice/default.nix
index 6da456b26ed66..eb6a057dcae35 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libngspice/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libngspice/default.nix
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The Next Generation Spice (Electronic Circuit Simulator)";
+    description = "Next Generation Spice (Electronic Circuit Simulator)";
     mainProgram = "ngspice";
     homepage = "http://ngspice.sourceforge.net";
     license = with licenses; [ bsd3 gpl2Plus lgpl2Plus ]; # See https://sourceforge.net/p/ngspice/ngspice/ci/master/tree/COPYING
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libpng/12.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libpng/12.nix
index e94bd026a7a6b..9792447bcc888 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libpng/12.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libpng/12.nix
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The official reference implementation for the PNG file format";
+    description = "Official reference implementation for the PNG file format";
     homepage = "http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html";
     license = licenses.libpng;
     maintainers = [ ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libpng/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libpng/default.nix
index 34d7a3e580b79..4a8c52ae279dd 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libpng/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libpng/default.nix
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The official reference implementation for the PNG file format" + whenPatched " with animation patch";
+    description = "Official reference implementation for the PNG file format" + whenPatched " with animation patch";
     homepage = "http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html";
     changelog = "https://github.com/pnggroup/libpng/blob/v${finalAttrs.version}/CHANGES";
     license = licenses.libpng2;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/librdf/raptor.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/librdf/raptor.nix
index 1dde9402f9026..2afdb5d32bede 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/librdf/raptor.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/librdf/raptor.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "The RDF Parser Toolkit";
+    description = "RDF Parser Toolkit";
     homepage = "https://librdf.org/raptor";
     license = with lib.licenses; [ lgpl21 asl20 ];
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.marcweber ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/librdf/raptor2.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/librdf/raptor2.nix
index b9d5252215cc6..424022b7ab4bc 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/librdf/raptor2.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/librdf/raptor2.nix
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [ libxml2 libxslt ];
 
   meta = {
-    description = "The RDF Parser Toolkit";
+    description = "RDF Parser Toolkit";
     mainProgram = "rapper";
     homepage = "https://librdf.org/raptor";
     license = with lib.licenses; [ lgpl21 asl20 ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libsixel/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libsixel/default.nix
index d4fa2a4d6ffe3..5bdaafc9f15c6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libsixel/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libsixel/default.nix
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The SIXEL library for console graphics, and converter programs";
+    description = "SIXEL library for console graphics, and converter programs";
     homepage = "https://github.com/libsixel/libsixel";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ vrthra ];
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libsrs2/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libsrs2/default.nix
index 5cb0974af9f1d..e6fd748362e90 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libsrs2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libsrs2/default.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   meta = {
-    description = "The next generation SRS library from the original designer of SRS";
+    description = "Next generation SRS library from the original designer of SRS";
     mainProgram = "srs";
     license = with lib.licenses; [ gpl2 bsd3 ];
     homepage = "https://www.libsrs2.org/";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libviperfx/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libviperfx/default.nix
index 580329754b668..2778726a4bf7c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libviperfx/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libviperfx/default.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/vipersaudio/viperfx_core_binary";
-    description = "The ViPER FX core";
+    description = "ViPER FX core";
     license = licenses.unfreeRedistributable;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ rewine ];
     platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libwbxml/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libwbxml/default.nix
index 30e7a99e6f106..446735c5eec71 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libwbxml/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libwbxml/default.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/libwbxml/libwbxml";
-    description = "The WBXML Library (aka libwbxml) contains a library and its associated tools to Parse, Encode and Handle WBXML documents";
+    description = "WBXML Library (aka libwbxml) contains a library and its associated tools to Parse, Encode and Handle WBXML documents";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ mh ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     license = licenses.lgpl21Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/mongoc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/mongoc/default.nix
index 3c7e6124fe242..e99671b4fcfa7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/mongoc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/mongoc/default.nix
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The official C client library for MongoDB";
+    description = "Official C client library for MongoDB";
     homepage = "http://mongoc.org";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     mainProgram = "mongoc-stat";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/mongocxx/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/mongocxx/default.nix
index ad96e81159a70..a17e7f8d037f6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/mongocxx/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/mongocxx/default.nix
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   passthru.tests.pkg-config = testers.testMetaPkgConfig finalAttrs.finalPackage;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The official C++ client library for MongoDB";
+    description = "Official C++ client library for MongoDB";
     homepage = "http://mongocxx.org";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ adriandole ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/npth/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/npth/default.nix
index 1ca747048e332..815c3dff031ec 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/npth/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/npth/default.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The New GNU Portable Threads Library";
+    description = "New GNU Portable Threads Library";
     mainProgram = "npth-config";
     longDescription = ''
       This is a library to provide the GNU Pth API and thus a non-preemptive
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/osip/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/osip/default.nix
index f7cedc96b7c72..d552bedaa4f91 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/osip/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/osip/default.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = {
     license = lib.licenses.lgpl21Plus;
     homepage = "https://www.gnu.org/software/osip/";
-    description = "The GNU oSIP library, an implementation of the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)";
+    description = "GNU oSIP library, an implementation of the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)";
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ raskin ];
     platforms = lib.platforms.all;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/packr/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/packr/default.nix
index 1a5bacad59f87..43822d76aa197 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/packr/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/packr/default.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ let p2 = buildGoModule rec {
   doCheck = false;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The simple and easy way to embed static files into Go binaries";
+    description = "Simple and easy way to embed static files into Go binaries";
     homepage = "https://github.com/gobuffalo/packr";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ mmahut ];
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ p1 = buildGoModule rec {
   doCheck = false;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The simple and easy way to embed static files into Go binaries";
+    description = "Simple and easy way to embed static files into Go binaries";
     homepage = "https://github.com/gobuffalo/packr";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ mmahut ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/physics/applgrid/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/physics/applgrid/default.nix
index 105a6b4953f77..c2dbb1235b487 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/physics/applgrid/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/physics/applgrid/default.nix
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The APPLgrid project provides a fast and flexible way to reproduce the results of full NLO calculations with any input parton distribution set in only a few milliseconds rather than the weeks normally required to gain adequate statistics";
+    description = "APPLgrid project provides a fast and flexible way to reproduce the results of full NLO calculations with any input parton distribution set in only a few milliseconds rather than the weeks normally required to gain adequate statistics";
     license     = licenses.gpl3;
     homepage    = "http://applgrid.hepforge.org";
     platforms   = platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/physics/hepmc2/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/physics/hepmc2/default.nix
index e2ab42c418a09..870114ffcba48 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/physics/hepmc2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/physics/hepmc2/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The HepMC package is an object oriented event record written in C++ for High Energy Physics Monte Carlo Generators";
+    description = "HepMC package is an object oriented event record written in C++ for High Energy Physics Monte Carlo Generators";
     license     = licenses.lgpl21;
     homepage    = "http://hepmc.web.cern.ch/hepmc/";
     platforms   = platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/physics/hepmc3/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/physics/hepmc3/default.nix
index bf3ffe8425f89..7ec49da065140 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/physics/hepmc3/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/physics/hepmc3/default.nix
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "pyHepMC3" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The HepMC package is an object oriented, C++ event record for High Energy Physics Monte Carlo generators and simulation";
+    description = "HepMC package is an object oriented, C++ event record for High Energy Physics Monte Carlo generators and simulation";
     mainProgram = "HepMC3-config";
     license = licenses.gpl3;
     homepage = "http://hepmc.web.cern.ch/hepmc/";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ppl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ppl/default.nix
index d49f3e6bd5382..863ffed429328 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/ppl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ppl/default.nix
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   meta = {
-    description = "The Parma Polyhedra Library";
+    description = "Parma Polyhedra Library";
 
     longDescription = ''
       The Parma Polyhedra Library (PPL) provides numerical abstractions
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/pth/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/pth/default.nix
index 7cb9046acf212..bbbc5017c410e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/pth/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/pth/default.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   enableParallelBuilding = false;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The GNU Portable Threads library";
+    description = "GNU Portable Threads library";
     mainProgram = "pth-config";
     homepage = "https://www.gnu.org/software/pth";
     license = licenses.lgpl21Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/retro-gtk/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/retro-gtk/default.nix
index 1323bd98a43c6..7387e69130730 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/retro-gtk/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/retro-gtk/default.nix
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The GTK Libretro frontend framework";
+    description = "GTK Libretro frontend framework";
     mainProgram = "retro-demo";
     longDescription = ''
       Libretro is a plugin format design to implement video game
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/clblast/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/clblast/default.nix
index e4bbd09a7586b..a7c8d8faee4c0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/clblast/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/clblast/default.nix
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The tuned OpenCL BLAS library";
+    description = "Tuned OpenCL BLAS library";
     homepage = "https://github.com/CNugteren/CLBlast";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ Tungsten842 ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/slib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/slib/default.nix
index c3c5965816f4f..84b21e2c4fa9c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/slib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/slib/default.nix
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   setupHook = ./setup-hook.sh;
 
   meta = {
-    description = "The SLIB Portable Scheme Library";
+    description = "SLIB Portable Scheme Library";
     mainProgram = "slib";
 
     longDescription = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/smooth/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/smooth/default.nix
index 402500dc9528d..3cb227b12d3fe 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/smooth/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/smooth/default.nix
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The smooth Class Library";
+    description = "Smooth Class Library";
     mainProgram = "smooth-translator";
     license = licenses.artistic2;
     homepage = "http://www.smooth-project.org/";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/tdb/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/tdb/default.nix
index 1a289f7c2d618..387794dda8e3c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/tdb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/tdb/default.nix
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   PYTHON_CONFIG = "/invalid";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The trivial database";
+    description = "Trivial database";
     longDescription = ''
       TDB is a Trivial Database. In concept, it is very much like GDBM,
       and BSD's DB except that it allows multiple simultaneous writers
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ti-rpc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ti-rpc/default.nix
index c12178d833de4..9f22ae65d28cd 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/ti-rpc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ti-rpc/default.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://sourceforge.net/projects/libtirpc/";
-    description = "The transport-independent Sun RPC implementation (TI-RPC)";
+    description = "Transport-independent Sun RPC implementation (TI-RPC)";
     license = licenses.bsd3;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ abbradar ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/tkimg/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/tkimg/default.nix
index 90970a45602a2..8b66e195d5a5e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/tkimg/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/tkimg/default.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ tcl.mkTclDerivation rec {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://sourceforge.net/projects/tkimg/";
-    description = "The Img package adds several image formats to Tcl/Tk";
+    description = "Img package adds several image formats to Tcl/Tk";
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ matthewcroughan ];
     license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
     platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/volk/2.5.0.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/volk/2.5.0.nix
index 35216cb7e31c2..3e15993efc39f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/volk/2.5.0.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/volk/2.5.0.nix
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "http://libvolk.org/";
-    description = "The Vector Optimized Library of Kernels";
+    description = "Vector Optimized Library of Kernels";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ doronbehar ];
     platforms = platforms.all;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/volk/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/volk/default.nix
index 02240ac1febff..caf3c848a1ed8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/volk/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/volk/default.nix
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "http://libvolk.org/";
-    description = "The Vector Optimized Library of Kernels";
+    description = "Vector Optimized Library of Kernels";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ doronbehar ];
     platforms = platforms.all;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/yyjson/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/yyjson/default.nix
index e1d42ccce7b6b..96e075c02f4b9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/yyjson/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/yyjson/default.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ];
 
   meta = {
-    description = "The fastest JSON library in C";
+    description = "Fastest JSON library in C";
     homepage = "https://github.com/ibireme/yyjson";
     changelog = "https://github.com/ibireme/yyjson/blob/${finalAttrs.src.rev}/CHANGELOG.md";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/zeroc-ice/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/zeroc-ice/default.nix
index 3ccb7c17f9c99..b41ec7f511745 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/zeroc-ice/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/zeroc-ice/default.nix
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://www.zeroc.com/ice.html";
-    description = "The internet communications engine";
+    description = "Internet communications engine";
     license = licenses.gpl2Only;
     platforms = platforms.unix;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ abbradar ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/zeromq/4.x.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/zeromq/4.x.nix
index 2a4119e0fe225..d8509c8fc3f4b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/zeromq/4.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/zeromq/4.x.nix
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     branch = "4";
     homepage = "http://www.zeromq.org";
-    description = "The Intelligent Transport Layer";
+    description = "Intelligent Transport Layer";
     license = licenses.mpl20;
     platforms = platforms.all;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ fpletz ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/mirage/default.nix b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/mirage/default.nix
index 410475b6b5c00..6342184e805db 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/mirage/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/mirage/default.nix
@@ -34,6 +34,6 @@ buildDunePackage rec {
   '';
 
   meta = mirage-runtime.meta // {
-    description = "The MirageOS library operating system";
+    description = "MirageOS library operating system";
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/mirage/runtime.nix b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/mirage/runtime.nix
index 627e9432efb56..d3b847d6da477 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/mirage/runtime.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/mirage/runtime.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ buildDunePackage rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/mirage/mirage";
-    description = "The base MirageOS runtime library, part of every MirageOS unikernel";
+    description = "Base MirageOS runtime library, part of every MirageOS unikernel";
     license = licenses.isc;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ sternenseemann ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/ppx_bap/default.nix b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/ppx_bap/default.nix
index c0c5b9dfd13d0..13f9d3471fef2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/ppx_bap/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/ppx_bap/default.nix
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ buildDunePackage rec {
   ];
 
   meta = {
-    description = "The set of ppx rewriters for BAP";
+    description = "Set of ppx rewriters for BAP";
     inherit (src.meta) homepage;
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.vbgl ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/php-packages/deployer/default.nix b/pkgs/development/php-packages/deployer/default.nix
index 6575338e4d649..5fc8cc5679df8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/php-packages/deployer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/php-packages/deployer/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ php.buildComposerProject (finalAttrs: {
 
   meta = {
     changelog = "https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/releases/tag/v${finalAttrs.version}";
-    description = "The PHP deployment tool with support for popular frameworks out of the box";
+    description = "PHP deployment tool with support for popular frameworks out of the box";
     homepage = "https://deployer.org/";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
     mainProgram = "dep";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/php-packages/mongodb/default.nix b/pkgs/development/php-packages/mongodb/default.nix
index a9b99cf5150cb..c4b395369b398 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/php-packages/mongodb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/php-packages/mongodb/default.nix
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ buildPecl rec {
     ];
 
   meta = {
-    description = "The Official MongoDB PHP driver";
+    description = "Official MongoDB PHP driver";
     homepage = "https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver";
     license = lib.licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = lib.teams.php.members;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/php-packages/phive/default.nix b/pkgs/development/php-packages/phive/default.nix
index 82b5681cb1682..292728654c7ef 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/php-packages/phive/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/php-packages/phive/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ php.buildComposerProject (finalAttrs: {
 
   meta = {
     changelog = "https://github.com/phar-io/phive/releases/tag/${finalAttrs.version}";
-    description = "The Phar Installation and Verification Environment (PHIVE)";
+    description = "Phar Installation and Verification Environment (PHIVE)";
     homepage = "https://github.com/phar-io/phive";
     license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
     mainProgram = "phive";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/php-packages/vld/default.nix b/pkgs/development/php-packages/vld/default.nix
index d980ecd839416..1771f7b21514c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/php-packages/vld/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/php-packages/vld/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ buildPecl {
 
   meta = {
     changelog = "https://github.com/derickr/vld/releases/tag/${version}";
-    description = "The Vulcan Logic Dumper hooks into the Zend Engine and dumps all the opcodes (execution units) of a script";
+    description = "Vulcan Logic Dumper hooks into the Zend Engine and dumps all the opcodes (execution units) of a script";
     homepage = "https://github.com/derickr/vld";
     license = lib.licenses.bsd2;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ gaelreyrol ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ailment/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ailment/default.nix
index 4625ef8a73dbe..f11ffcde17494 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ailment/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ailment/default.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "ailment" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The angr Intermediate Language";
+    description = "Angr Intermediate Language";
     homepage = "https://github.com/angr/ailment";
     license = with licenses; [ bsd2 ];
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ fab ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/aiomqtt/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/aiomqtt/default.nix
index a67df0b943d9a..6e074397fac85 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/aiomqtt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/aiomqtt/default.nix
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The idiomatic asyncio MQTT client, wrapped around paho-mqtt";
+    description = "Idiomatic asyncio MQTT client, wrapped around paho-mqtt";
     homepage = "https://github.com/sbtinstruments/aiomqtt";
     changelog = "https://github.com/sbtinstruments/aiomqtt/blob/${src.rev}/CHANGELOG.md";
     license = licenses.bsd3;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/aplpy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/aplpy/default.nix
index ab718a1840701..f786f70b0c8a1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/aplpy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/aplpy/default.nix
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "aplpy" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The Astronomical Plotting Library in Python";
+    description = "Astronomical Plotting Library in Python";
     homepage = "http://aplpy.github.io";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ smaret ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/asterisk-mbox/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/asterisk-mbox/default.nix
index d0a1b28536d0f..7b6af81ba0339 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/asterisk-mbox/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/asterisk-mbox/default.nix
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "asterisk_mbox" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The client side of a client/server to interact with Asterisk voicemail mailboxes";
+    description = "Client side of a client/server to interact with Asterisk voicemail mailboxes";
     homepage = "https://github.com/PhracturedBlue/asterisk_mbox";
     license = licenses.gpl3Only;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ dotlambda ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/asteroid-filterbanks/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/asteroid-filterbanks/default.nix
index e01ecde83cce6..9c41816421752 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/asteroid-filterbanks/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/asteroid-filterbanks/default.nix
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "asteroid_filterbanks" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The PyTorch-based audio source separation toolkit for researchers";
+    description = "PyTorch-based audio source separation toolkit for researchers";
     homepage = "https://github.com/asteroid-team/asteroid-filterbanks";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ matthewcroughan ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/beanhub-extract/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/beanhub-extract/default.nix
index 66c0e76dd5987..31ca5b48bca0d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/beanhub-extract/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/beanhub-extract/default.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "beanhub_extract" ];
 
   meta = {
-    description = "The simple library for extracting all kind of bank account transaction export files, mostly for beanhub-import to ingest and generate transactions";
+    description = "Simple library for extracting all kind of bank account transaction export files, mostly for beanhub-import to ingest and generate transactions";
     homepage = "https://github.com/LaunchPlatform/beanhub-extract/";
     changelog = "https://github.com/LaunchPlatform/beanhub-extract/releases/tag/${version}";
     license = with lib.licenses; [ mit ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/bidict/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/bidict/default.nix
index ffd6f3d153dc6..f333f2f3dbca3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/bidict/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/bidict/default.nix
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://bidict.readthedocs.io";
     changelog = "https://bidict.readthedocs.io/changelog.html";
-    description = "The bidirectional mapping library for Python";
+    description = "Bidirectional mapping library for Python";
     license = licenses.mpl20;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [
       jab
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/black/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/black/default.nix
index 158d0698aaef9..d9d1980ed2d0b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/black/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/black/default.nix
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   doCheck = !(stdenv.isLinux && stdenv.isAarch64);
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The uncompromising Python code formatter";
+    description = "Uncompromising Python code formatter";
     homepage = "https://github.com/psf/black";
     changelog = "https://github.com/psf/black/blob/${version}/CHANGES.md";
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/chromadb/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/chromadb/default.nix
index f765aa767db97..976d2fb9a9cf0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/chromadb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/chromadb/default.nix
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   __darwinAllowLocalNetworking = true;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The AI-native open-source embedding database";
+    description = "AI-native open-source embedding database";
     homepage = "https://github.com/chroma-core/chroma";
     changelog = "https://github.com/chroma-core/chroma/releases/tag/${version}";
     license = licenses.asl20;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/cleanlab/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/cleanlab/default.nix
index 2e9087fdb6121..b7c2070ebcea3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/cleanlab/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/cleanlab/default.nix
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   ];
 
   meta = {
-    description = "The standard data-centric AI package for data quality and machine learning with messy, real-world data and labels";
+    description = "Standard data-centric AI package for data quality and machine learning with messy, real-world data and labels";
     homepage = "https://github.com/cleanlab/cleanlab";
     changelog = "https://github.com/cleanlab/cleanlab/releases/tag/v${version}";
     license = lib.licenses.agpl3Only;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/clickgen/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/clickgen/default.nix
index 237bef9a03661..c2630dacc5fbf 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/clickgen/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/clickgen/default.nix
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/ful1e5/clickgen";
-    description = "The hassle-free cursor building toolbox";
+    description = "Hassle-free cursor building toolbox";
     longDescription = ''
       clickgen is API for building X11 and Windows Cursors from
       .png files. clickgen is using anicursorgen and xcursorgen under the hood.
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/conda-libmamba-solver/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/conda-libmamba-solver/default.nix
index 68b9d4db091f2..aff927bfc6a86 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/conda-libmamba-solver/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/conda-libmamba-solver/default.nix
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   pythonRemoveDeps = [ "conda" ];
 
   meta = {
-    description = "The libmamba based solver for conda";
+    description = "Libmamba based solver for conda";
     homepage = "https://github.com/conda/conda-libmamba-solver";
     license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.ericthemagician ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/craft-application-1/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/craft-application-1/default.nix
index 49e1685e35f31..e47e502e09f25 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/craft-application-1/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/craft-application-1/default.nix
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
 
   meta = {
-    description = "The basis for Canonical craft applications";
+    description = "Basis for Canonical craft applications";
     homepage = "https://github.com/canonical/craft-application";
     changelog = "https://github.com/canonical/craft-application/releases/tag/${version}";
     license = lib.licenses.lgpl3Only;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/craft-application/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/craft-application/default.nix
index 61699d21d6aed..d37e4e4063bf2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/craft-application/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/craft-application/default.nix
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
 
   meta = {
-    description = "The basis for Canonical craft applications";
+    description = "Basis for Canonical craft applications";
     homepage = "https://github.com/canonical/craft-application";
     changelog = "https://github.com/canonical/craft-application/releases/tag/${version}";
     license = lib.licenses.lgpl3Only;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/datadog/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/datadog/default.nix
index 87fde9f88a24e..5103cc4df9477 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/datadog/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/datadog/default.nix
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "datadog" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The Datadog Python library";
+    description = "Datadog Python library";
     homepage = "https://github.com/DataDog/datadogpy";
     changelog = "https://github.com/DataDog/datadogpy/blob/v${version}/CHANGELOG.md";
     license = licenses.bsd3;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/dek/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/dek/default.nix
index 23d7ce5bd1c1c..811c406480a15 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/dek/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/dek/default.nix
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "dek" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The decorator-decorator";
+    description = "Decorator-decorator";
     homepage = "https://github.com/rec/dek";
     changelog = "https://github.com/rec/dek/blob/${src.rev}/CHANGELOG";
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-contrib-comments/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-contrib-comments/default.nix
index 05ce09663aa9f..ae5872b120b73 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-contrib-comments/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-contrib-comments/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/django/django-contrib-comments";
-    description = "The code formerly known as django.contrib.comments";
+    description = "Code formerly known as django.contrib.comments";
     license = licenses.bsd0;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-crispy-forms/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-crispy-forms/default.nix
index cc8191f34d9ab..3437a6474a1bb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-crispy-forms/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-crispy-forms/default.nix
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "crispy_forms" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The best way to have DRY Django forms";
+    description = "Best way to have DRY Django forms";
     homepage = "https://django-crispy-forms.readthedocs.io/en/latest/";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ambroisie ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/docloud/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/docloud/default.nix
index 3d6888a0c0c37..5c7c57811543e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/docloud/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/docloud/default.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "docloud" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The IBM Decision Optimization on Cloud Python client";
+    description = "IBM Decision Optimization on Cloud Python client";
     homepage = "https://onboarding-oaas.docloud.ibmcloud.com/software/analytics/docloud/";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ drewrisinger ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/eth-hash/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/eth-hash/default.nix
index 81f483fed9a95..7d75ccf1655e4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/eth-hash/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/eth-hash/default.nix
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The Ethereum hashing function keccak256";
+    description = "Ethereum hashing function keccak256";
     homepage = "https://github.com/ethereum/eth-hash";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/face-recognition/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/face-recognition/default.nix
index 98d3ea63b6b98..ff50cce91dad0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/face-recognition/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/face-recognition/default.nix
@@ -44,6 +44,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     license = licenses.mit;
     homepage = "https://github.com/ageitgey/face_recognition";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
-    description = "The world's simplest facial recognition api for Python and the command line";
+    description = "World's simplest facial recognition api for Python and the command line";
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/fastai/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/fastai/default.nix
index e3c00f3948f77..884c51f65efc2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/fastai/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/fastai/default.nix
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/fastai/fastai";
-    description = "The fastai deep learning library";
+    description = "Fastai deep learning library";
     mainProgram = "configure_accelerate";
     changelog = "https://github.com/fastai/fastai/blob/${version}/CHANGELOG.md";
     license = licenses.asl20;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/fenics/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/fenics/default.nix
index 3d164a96da8c8..a5b9902fecf8b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/fenics/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/fenics/default.nix
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ let
       make runtests
     '';
     meta = {
-      description = "The FEniCS Problem Solving Environment in Python and C++";
+      description = "FEniCS Problem Solving Environment in Python and C++";
       homepage = "https://fenicsproject.org/";
       license = lib.licenses.lgpl3;
     };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/first/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/first/default.nix
index 195c996825e05..70edb11145427 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/first/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/first/default.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "first" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The function you always missed in Python";
+    description = "Function you always missed in Python";
     homepage = "https://github.com/hynek/first/";
     changelog = "https://github.com/hynek/first/blob/${version}/HISTORY.rst";
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/flake8/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/flake8/default.nix
index 489c7b7f87f8e..3d2938f9e6fd8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/flake8/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/flake8/default.nix
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   nativeCheckInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The modular source code checker: pep8, pyflakes and co";
+    description = "Modular source code checker: pep8, pyflakes and co";
     homepage = "https://github.com/PyCQA/flake8";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ dotlambda ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/flask/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/flask/default.nix
index 897c179615382..d8effec2045e5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/flask/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/flask/default.nix
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
       replaceStrings [ "." ] [ "-" ] version
     }";
     homepage = "https://flask.palletsprojects.com/";
-    description = "The Python micro framework for building web applications";
+    description = "Python micro framework for building web applications";
     mainProgram = "flask";
     longDescription = ''
       Flask is a lightweight WSGI web application framework. It is
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/flet-core/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/flet-core/default.nix
index ce77c3a384569..dd65e60e13297 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/flet-core/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/flet-core/default.nix
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   meta = {
     changelog = "https://github.com/flet-dev/flet/releases/tag/v${version}";
-    description = "The library is the foundation of Flet framework and is not intended to be used directly";
+    description = "Library is the foundation of Flet framework and is not intended to be used directly";
     homepage = "https://flet.dev/";
     license = lib.licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/functiontrace/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/functiontrace/default.nix
index e0ca06ba0b483..0982baa619e27 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/functiontrace/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/functiontrace/default.nix
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://functiontrace.com";
-    description = "The Python module for Functiontrace";
+    description = "Python module for Functiontrace";
     license = licenses.prosperity30;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ mathiassven ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/gnureadline/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/gnureadline/default.nix
index d2af97dc0839b..17f14f488944e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/gnureadline/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/gnureadline/default.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The standard Python readline extension statically linked against the GNU readline library";
+    description = "Standard Python readline extension statically linked against the GNU readline library";
     homepage = "https://github.com/ludwigschwardt/python-gnureadline";
     license = licenses.gpl3;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/google-api-python-client/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/google-api-python-client/default.nix
index e88ee4650f060..73ea6e3e57d18 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/google-api-python-client/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/google-api-python-client/default.nix
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "googleapiclient" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The official Python client library for Google's discovery based APIs";
+    description = "Official Python client library for Google's discovery based APIs";
     longDescription = ''
       These client libraries are officially supported by Google. However, the
       libraries are considered complete and are in maintenance mode. This means
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/gradient/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/gradient/default.nix
index be0c27eb49fde..36c3e2d82495d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/gradient/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/gradient/default.nix
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   # ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The command line interface for Gradient";
+    description = "Command line interface for Gradient";
     mainProgram = "gradient";
     homepage = "https://github.com/Paperspace/gradient-cli";
     license = licenses.isc;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/httpx/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/httpx/default.nix
index d63e874be0062..4d4c264ea015e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/httpx/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/httpx/default.nix
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     changelog = "https://github.com/encode/httpx/blob/${src.rev}/CHANGELOG.md";
-    description = "The next generation HTTP client";
+    description = "Next generation HTTP client";
     mainProgram = "httpx";
     homepage = "https://github.com/encode/httpx";
     license = licenses.bsd3;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/hypercorn/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/hypercorn/default.nix
index 21e2f4f8d9498..2ac0cb8e381aa 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/hypercorn/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/hypercorn/default.nix
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/pgjones/hypercorn";
-    description = "The ASGI web server inspired by Gunicorn";
+    description = "ASGI web server inspired by Gunicorn";
     mainProgram = "hypercorn";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ dgliwka ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/insteon-frontend-home-assistant/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/insteon-frontend-home-assistant/default.nix
index e52ce4a2ea18b..946e807c44c45 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/insteon-frontend-home-assistant/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/insteon-frontend-home-assistant/default.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     changelog = "https://github.com/pyinsteon/insteon-panel/releases/tag/${version}";
-    description = "The Insteon frontend for Home Assistant";
+    description = "Insteon frontend for Home Assistant";
     homepage = "https://github.com/pyinsteon/insteon-panel";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ dotlambda ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/jupyter-server/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jupyter-server/default.nix
index f13ff454e2c4d..8cb15e81cd509 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/jupyter-server/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jupyter-server/default.nix
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     changelog = "https://github.com/jupyter-server/jupyter_server/blob/v${version}/CHANGELOG.md";
-    description = "The backend—i.e. core services, APIs, and REST endpoints—to Jupyter web applications";
+    description = "Backend—i.e. core services, APIs, and REST endpoints—to Jupyter web applications";
     mainProgram = "jupyter-server";
     homepage = "https://github.com/jupyter-server/jupyter_server";
     license = licenses.bsdOriginal;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/kivy-garden/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/kivy-garden/default.nix
index cc78c53125eb2..34792e64d1444 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/kivy-garden/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/kivy-garden/default.nix
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   doCheck = false;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The kivy garden installation script, split into its own package for convenient use in buildozer";
+    description = "Kivy garden installation script, split into its own package for convenient use in buildozer";
     homepage = "https://github.com/kivy-garden/garden";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ risson ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/klaus/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/klaus/default.nix
index 0ff646b59e2b0..73e9df8c0053f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/klaus/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/klaus/default.nix
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   doCheck = false;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The first Git web viewer that Just Works";
+    description = "First Git web viewer that Just Works";
     mainProgram = "klaus";
     homepage = "https://github.com/jonashaag/klaus";
     license = licenses.isc;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/lacuscore/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/lacuscore/default.nix
index 05cc3f1482870..37e1e76001b65 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/lacuscore/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/lacuscore/default.nix
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "lacuscore" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The modulable part of Lacus";
+    description = "Modulable part of Lacus";
     homepage = "https://github.com/ail-project/LacusCore";
     changelog = "https://github.com/ail-project/LacusCore/releases/tag/v${version}";
     license = licenses.bsd3;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/libmambapy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/libmambapy/default.nix
index 0466bebfe3099..73c31a259d9d5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/libmambapy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/libmambapy/default.nix
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   ];
 
   meta = {
-    description = "The python library for the fast Cross-Platform Package Manager";
+    description = "Python library for the fast Cross-Platform Package Manager";
     homepage = "https://github.com/mamba-org/mamba";
     license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.ericthemagician ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/misoc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/misoc/default.nix
index a008316e1243f..a7b2198041fb5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/misoc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/misoc/default.nix
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "misoc" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The original high performance and small footprint system-on-chip based on Migen";
+    description = "Original high performance and small footprint system-on-chip based on Migen";
     homepage = "https://github.com/m-labs/misoc";
     license = licenses.bsd2;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ doronbehar ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mitmproxy-macos/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mitmproxy-macos/default.nix
index 34989f1655994..08228102cf1bf 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mitmproxy-macos/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mitmproxy-macos/default.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "mitmproxy_macos" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The MacOS Rust bits in mitmproxy";
+    description = "MacOS Rust bits in mitmproxy";
     homepage = "https://github.com/mitmproxy/mitmproxy_rs/tree/main/mitmproxy-macos";
     changelog = "https://github.com/mitmproxy/mitmproxy_rs/blob/${version}/CHANGELOG.md";
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mitmproxy-rs/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mitmproxy-rs/default.nix
index 5b7296d81c98e..79941e67fd7b1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mitmproxy-rs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mitmproxy-rs/default.nix
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "mitmproxy_rs" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The Rust bits in mitmproxy";
+    description = "Rust bits in mitmproxy";
     homepage = "https://github.com/mitmproxy/mitmproxy_rs";
     changelog = "https://github.com/mitmproxy/mitmproxy_rs/blob/${src.rev}/CHANGELOG.md";
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mmtf-python/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mmtf-python/default.nix
index 0cf01c7bc6fbb..9e40d8a76adc3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mmtf-python/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mmtf-python/default.nix
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "mmtf" ];
 
   meta = {
-    description = "The python implementation of the MMTF API, decoder and encoder";
+    description = "Python implementation of the MMTF API, decoder and encoder";
     homepage = "https://github.com/rcsb/mmtf-python";
     changelog = "https://github.com/rcsb/mmtf-python/releases/tag/v${version}";
     license = lib.licenses.asl20;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/msal-extensions/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/msal-extensions/default.nix
index 09afbcdc13846..7d2cfd7a70237 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/msal-extensions/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/msal-extensions/default.nix
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "msal_extensions" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The Microsoft Authentication Library Extensions (MSAL-Extensions) for Python";
+    description = "Microsoft Authentication Library Extensions (MSAL-Extensions) for Python";
     homepage = "https://github.com/AzureAD/microsoft-authentication-extensions-for-python";
     changelog = "https://github.com/AzureAD/microsoft-authentication-extensions-for-python/releases/tag/${version}";
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/msrest/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/msrest/default.nix
index 2ffc88ae33d1d..5b01bf17d328a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/msrest/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/msrest/default.nix
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "msrest" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The runtime library for AutoRest generated Python clients";
+    description = "Runtime library for AutoRest generated Python clients";
     homepage = "https://github.com/Azure/msrest-for-python";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/msrestazure/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/msrestazure/default.nix
index 57597c3d381c5..7a5effd2a8758 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/msrestazure/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/msrestazure/default.nix
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "msrest" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The runtime library 'msrestazure' for AutoRest generated Python clients";
+    description = "Runtime library 'msrestazure' for AutoRest generated Python clients";
     homepage = "https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/develop/python/";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/nbformat/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/nbformat/default.nix
index 3a03b9a3c26fc..e6eb3344e8d9a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/nbformat/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/nbformat/default.nix
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   __darwinAllowLocalNetworking = true;
 
   meta = {
-    description = "The Jupyter Notebook format";
+    description = "Jupyter Notebook format";
     mainProgram = "jupyter-trust";
     homepage = "https://jupyter.org/";
     license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/openrouteservice/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/openrouteservice/default.nix
index ff279f3e3f283..eae98abfeeb9f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/openrouteservice/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/openrouteservice/default.nix
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/GIScience/openrouteservice-py";
-    description = "The Python API to consume openrouteservice(s) painlessly";
+    description = "Python API to consume openrouteservice(s) painlessly";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ Scriptkiddi ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/osqp/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/osqp/default.nix
index 919b6f84a1bf3..5a47de2578467 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/osqp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/osqp/default.nix
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The Operator Splitting QP Solver";
+    description = "Operator Splitting QP Solver";
     longDescription = ''
       Numerical optimization package for solving problems in the form
         minimize        0.5 x' P x + q' x
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pillow-simd/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pillow-simd/default.nix
index 39124771ee6fb..f061a17048b83 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pillow-simd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pillow-simd/default.nix
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ import ../pillow/generic.nix (
     meta = with lib; {
       broken = (stdenv.isLinux && stdenv.isAarch64) || stdenv.isDarwin;
       homepage = "https://python-pillow.github.io/pillow-perf/";
-      description = "The friendly PIL fork - SIMD version";
+      description = "Friendly PIL fork - SIMD version";
       longDescription = ''
         Pillow-SIMD is "following" Pillow. Pillow-SIMD versions are 100% compatible drop-in replacements for Pillow of the same version.
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pillow/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pillow/default.nix
index fdff3709f3cda..420ed7bf53a62 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pillow/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pillow/default.nix
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ import ./generic.nix (
 
     meta = with lib; {
       homepage = "https://python-pillow.org/";
-      description = "The friendly PIL fork (Python Imaging Library)";
+      description = "Friendly PIL fork (Python Imaging Library)";
       longDescription = ''
         The Python Imaging Library (PIL) adds image processing
         capabilities to your Python interpreter.  This library
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pinecone-client/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pinecone-client/default.nix
index 84460718dfdb5..52acaacfb62ab 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pinecone-client/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pinecone-client/default.nix
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "pinecone" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The Pinecone python client";
+    description = "Pinecone python client";
     homepage = "https://www.pinecone.io/";
     changelog = "https://github.com/pinecone-io/pinecone-python-client/releases/tag/v${version}";
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pip/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pip/default.nix
index 18b7ff1cacf8b..310de7c4c7174 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pip/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pip/default.nix
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   };
 
   meta = {
-    description = "The PyPA recommended tool for installing Python packages";
+    description = "PyPA recommended tool for installing Python packages";
     license = with lib.licenses; [ mit ];
     homepage = "https://pip.pypa.io/";
     changelog = "https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/news/#v${lib.replaceStrings [ "." ] [ "-" ] version}";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/powerline/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/powerline/default.nix
index ed69345861215..6578c6f435596 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/powerline/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/powerline/default.nix
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/powerline/powerline";
-    description = "The ultimate statusline/prompt utility";
+    description = "Ultimate statusline/prompt utility";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyyaml/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyyaml/default.nix
index 8c6279b3ed09b..7e81354ceae0b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyyaml/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyyaml/default.nix
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "yaml" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The next generation YAML parser and emitter for Python";
+    description = "Next generation YAML parser and emitter for Python";
     homepage = "https://github.com/yaml/pyyaml";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ dotlambda ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/resize-right/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/resize-right/default.nix
index b7541e0c6a657..43afc063867a8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/resize-right/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/resize-right/default.nix
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   doCheck = false;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The correct way to resize images or tensors. For Numpy or Pytorch (differentiable";
+    description = "Correct way to resize images or tensors. For Numpy or Pytorch (differentiable";
     homepage = "https://github.com/assafshocher/ResizeRight";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = teams.tts.members;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/rpcq/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/rpcq/default.nix
index fafcc896262e7..63b90d423dd0a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/rpcq/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/rpcq/default.nix
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "rpcq" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The RPC framework and message specification for rigetti Quantum Cloud services";
+    description = "RPC framework and message specification for rigetti Quantum Cloud services";
     homepage = "https://github.com/rigetti/rpcq";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ fab ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/snakemake-interface-report-plugins/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/snakemake-interface-report-plugins/default.nix
index 31f2798de8218..c20a0ad122462 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/snakemake-interface-report-plugins/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/snakemake-interface-report-plugins/default.nix
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "snakemake_interface_report_plugins" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The interface for Snakemake report plugins";
+    description = "Interface for Snakemake report plugins";
     homepage = "https://github.com/snakemake/snakemake-interface-report-plugins";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ veprbl ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sqlalchemy/1_4.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sqlalchemy/1_4.nix
index 17d3b2d6db384..376570156dbdf 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sqlalchemy/1_4.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sqlalchemy/1_4.nix
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     changelog = "https://github.com/sqlalchemy/sqlalchemy/releases/tag/rel_${
       builtins.replaceStrings [ "." ] [ "_" ] version
     }";
-    description = "The Database Toolkit for Python";
+    description = "Database Toolkit for Python";
     homepage = "https://github.com/sqlalchemy/sqlalchemy";
     license = licenses.mit;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sqlalchemy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sqlalchemy/default.nix
index 4a8c781e2e922..0c9ddbe507445 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sqlalchemy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sqlalchemy/default.nix
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     changelog = "https://github.com/sqlalchemy/sqlalchemy/releases/tag/rel_${
       builtins.replaceStrings [ "." ] [ "_" ] version
     }";
-    description = "The Python SQL toolkit and Object Relational Mapper";
+    description = "Python SQL toolkit and Object Relational Mapper";
     homepage = "http://www.sqlalchemy.org/";
     license = licenses.mit;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/starlette/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/starlette/default.nix
index 0fa7ded655d29..ef5ed3f808a9a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/starlette/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/starlette/default.nix
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     changelog = "https://www.starlette.io/release-notes/#${lib.replaceStrings [ "." ] [ "" ] version}";
     downloadPage = "https://github.com/encode/starlette";
     homepage = "https://www.starlette.io/";
-    description = "The little ASGI framework that shines";
+    description = "Little ASGI framework that shines";
     license = licenses.bsd3;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ wd15 ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/steamship/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/steamship/default.nix
index 0a01663b83ebf..b1f2fb5001956 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/steamship/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/steamship/default.nix
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "steamship" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The fastest way to add language AI to your product";
+    description = "Fastest way to add language AI to your product";
     homepage = "https://www.steamship.com/";
     changelog = "https://github.com/steamship-core/python-client/releases/tag/${version}";
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/streamlit/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/streamlit/default.nix
index eb7dca81db643..0880b4b9957c2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/streamlit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/streamlit/default.nix
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://streamlit.io/";
     changelog = "https://github.com/streamlit/streamlit/releases/tag/${version}";
-    description = "The fastest way to build custom ML tools";
+    description = "Fastest way to build custom ML tools";
     mainProgram = "streamlit";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [
       natsukium
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/text-unidecode/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/text-unidecode/default.nix
index afd32047d5372..dd72689635ee6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/text-unidecode/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/text-unidecode/default.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The most basic Text::Unidecode port";
+    description = "Most basic Text::Unidecode port";
     homepage = "https://github.com/kmike/text-unidecode";
     license = licenses.artistic1;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/tkinter/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/tkinter/default.nix
index 17b1188695f9d..beba9834e703c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/tkinter/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/tkinter/default.nix
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ buildPythonPackage {
 
   meta = py.meta // {
     # Based on first sentence from https://docs.python.org/3/library/tkinter.html
-    description = "The standard Python interface to the Tcl/Tk GUI toolkit";
+    description = "Standard Python interface to the Tcl/Tk GUI toolkit";
     longDescription = ''
       The tkinter package (“Tk interface”) is the standard Python interface to
       the Tcl/Tk GUI toolkit. Both Tk and tkinter are available on most Unix
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/todoist/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/todoist/default.nix
index d5f8bdf31c2b2..e276725a53a89 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/todoist/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/todoist/default.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "todoist" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The official Todoist Python API library";
+    description = "Official Todoist Python API library";
     homepage = "https://todoist-python.readthedocs.io/";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/trueskill/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/trueskill/default.nix
index 35f9d239451af..8013f252ac9e7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/trueskill/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/trueskill/default.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   doCheck = false;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The video game rating system";
+    description = "Video game rating system";
     homepage = "https://trueskill.org";
     license = licenses.bsd3;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ eadwu ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/trytond/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/trytond/default.nix
index 47bb223cef2d5..a78cc466d9aee 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/trytond/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/trytond/default.nix
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The server of the Tryton application platform";
+    description = "Server of the Tryton application platform";
     longDescription = ''
       The server for Tryton, a three-tier high-level general purpose
       application platform under the license GPL-3 written in Python and using
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/tskit/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/tskit/default.nix
index 7a7f9e4be687f..82f8e6b6a5f81 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/tskit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/tskit/default.nix
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "tskit" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The tree sequence toolkit";
+    description = "Tree sequence toolkit";
     mainProgram = "tskit";
     homepage = "https://github.com/tskit-dev/tskit";
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/uvicorn/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/uvicorn/default.nix
index 09a1ecdaaf223..48bd9e9ef85ec 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/uvicorn/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/uvicorn/default.nix
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://www.uvicorn.org/";
     changelog = "https://github.com/encode/uvicorn/blob/${src.rev}/CHANGELOG.md";
-    description = "The lightning-fast ASGI server";
+    description = "Lightning-fast ASGI server";
     mainProgram = "uvicorn";
     license = licenses.bsd3;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ wd15 ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/werkzeug/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/werkzeug/default.nix
index 49d4f1898f831..43758f06157b5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/werkzeug/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/werkzeug/default.nix
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
       lib.replaceStrings [ "." ] [ "-" ] version
     }";
     homepage = "https://palletsprojects.com/p/werkzeug/";
-    description = "The comprehensive WSGI web application library";
+    description = "Comprehensive WSGI web application library";
     longDescription = ''
       Werkzeug is a comprehensive WSGI web application library. It
       began as a simple collection of various utilities for WSGI
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/xrootd/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/xrootd/default.nix
index cfba619fcf1ca..33b42f9f0f350 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/xrootd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/xrootd/default.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   doCheck = false;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The XRootD central repository";
+    description = "XRootD central repository";
     homepage = "https://github.com/xrootd/xrootd";
     changelog = "https://github.com/xrootd/xrootd/releases/tag/v${version}";
     license = licenses.gpl3Only;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/yowsup/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/yowsup/default.nix
index 0acf1adc235fa..dfe6cbf51f73b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/yowsup/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/yowsup/default.nix
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/tgalal/yowsup";
-    description = "The python WhatsApp library";
+    description = "Python WhatsApp library";
     mainProgram = "yowsup-cli";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python2-modules/pip/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python2-modules/pip/default.nix
index ba78377f5943a..0e5229c588445 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python2-modules/pip/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python2-modules/pip/default.nix
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   doCheck = false;
 
   meta = {
-    description = "The PyPA recommended tool for installing Python packages";
+    description = "PyPA recommended tool for installing Python packages";
     license = with lib.licenses; [ mit ];
     homepage = "https://pip.pypa.io/";
     priority = 10;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/coan/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/coan/default.nix
index b78805c964870..94c45614ed844 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/coan/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/coan/default.nix
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The C preprocessor chainsaw";
+    description = "C preprocessor chainsaw";
     mainProgram = "coan";
     longDescription = ''
       A software engineering tool for analysing preprocessor-based
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/eresi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/eresi/default.nix
index 3d5571ddea427..1b3cf09365022 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/eresi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/eresi/default.nix
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
                 ++ lib.optional stdenv.is64bit "install64";
 
   meta = {
-    description = "The ERESI Reverse Engineering Software Interface";
+    description = "ERESI Reverse Engineering Software Interface";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl2Only;
     homepage = "https://github.com/thorkill/eresi"; # Formerly http://www.eresi-project.org/
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/azcopy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/azcopy/default.nix
index 77617c107b459..2ca6ed71c2730 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/azcopy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/azcopy/default.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The new Azure Storage data transfer utility - AzCopy v10";
+    description = "New Azure Storage data transfer utility - AzCopy v10";
     homepage = "https://github.com/Azure/azure-storage-azcopy";
     changelog = "https://github.com/Azure/azure-storage-azcopy/releases/tag/v${version}";
     license = licenses.mit;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/database/dblab/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/database/dblab/default.nix
index b010b220eed06..89b5162c1fc3a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/database/dblab/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/database/dblab/default.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   doCheck = false;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The database client every command line junkie deserves";
+    description = "Database client every command line junkie deserves";
     homepage = "https://github.com/danvergara/dblab";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ dit7ya ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/database/trino-cli/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/database/trino-cli/default.nix
index b43fbc180194e..e52881c6f5f5b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/database/trino-cli/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/database/trino-cli/default.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The Trino CLI provides a terminal-based, interactive shell for running queries";
+    description = "Trino CLI provides a terminal-based, interactive shell for running queries";
     mainProgram = "trino";
     homepage = "https://github.com/trinodb/trino";
     license = licenses.asl20;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/electron-fiddle/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/electron-fiddle/default.nix
index 16d96297c544f..2588a85de2e83 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/electron-fiddle/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/electron-fiddle/default.nix
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ buildFHSEnv {
     ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The easiest way to get started with Electron";
+    description = "Easiest way to get started with Electron";
     homepage = "https://www.electronjs.org/fiddle";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ andersk ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/extism-cli/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/extism-cli/default.nix
index 8ac2f2499fb9e..174e3fe92c3cf 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/extism-cli/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/extism-cli/default.nix
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The extism CLI is used to manage Extism installations";
+    description = "Extism CLI is used to manage Extism installations";
     homepage = "https://github.com/extism/cli";
     license = licenses.bsd3;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ zshipko ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/fission/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/fission/default.nix
index df1025c85f3dd..04342eb1473cb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/fission/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/fission/default.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The cli used by end user to interact Fission";
+    description = "Cli used by end user to interact Fission";
     homepage = "https://fission.io";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ neverbehave ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/fsautocomplete/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/fsautocomplete/default.nix
index 14379b954c6af..27bc02ad9bdf8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/fsautocomplete/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/fsautocomplete/default.nix
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ buildDotnetModule rec {
   useDotnetFromEnv = true;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The FsAutoComplete project (FSAC) provides a backend service for rich editing or intellisense features for editors";
+    description = "FsAutoComplete project (FSAC) provides a backend service for rich editing or intellisense features for editors";
     mainProgram = "fsautocomplete";
     homepage = "https://github.com/fsharp/FsAutoComplete";
     changelog = "https://github.com/fsharp/FsAutoComplete/releases/tag/v${version}";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/github-copilot-intellij-agent/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/github-copilot-intellij-agent/default.nix
index e6cf7744dd381..c919e2de62813 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/github-copilot-intellij-agent/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/github-copilot-intellij-agent/default.nix
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   dontStrip = true;
 
   meta = rec {
-    description = "The GitHub copilot IntelliJ plugin's native component";
+    description = "GitHub copilot IntelliJ plugin's native component";
     longDescription = ''
       The GitHub copilot IntelliJ plugin's native component.
       bin/copilot-agent must be symlinked into the plugin directory, replacing the existing binary.
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/glamoroustoolkit/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/glamoroustoolkit/default.nix
index fed9323566de4..05b74f6339bed 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/glamoroustoolkit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/glamoroustoolkit/default.nix
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ preFixup = let
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://gtoolkit.com";
-    description = "The GlamorousToolkit Development Environment";
+    description = "GlamorousToolkit Development Environment";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.akgrant43 ];
     platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/hotdoc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/hotdoc/default.nix
index 4f58f961b9f84..1bf0321b4378b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/hotdoc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/hotdoc/default.nix
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The tastiest API documentation system";
+    description = "Tastiest API documentation system";
     homepage = "https://hotdoc.github.io/";
     license = [ licenses.lgpl21Plus ];
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ lilyinstarlight ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/infisical/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/infisical/default.nix
index 4a9ab75b8b88e..f9fff4461a253 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/infisical/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/infisical/default.nix
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The official Infisical CLI";
+    description = "Official Infisical CLI";
     longDescription = ''
       Infisical is the open-source secret management platform:
       Sync secrets across your team/infrastructure and prevent secret leaks.
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/irony-server/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/irony-server/default.nix
index d3c0818a829c5..62b44214adcfa 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/irony-server/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/irony-server/default.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   cmakeDir = "server";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The server part of irony";
+    description = "Server part of irony";
     mainProgram = "irony-server";
     homepage = "https://melpa.org/#/irony";
     maintainers = [ maintainers.deepfire ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/kubeswitch/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/kubeswitch/default.nix
index 470fdac9b3c22..9212f2a1da3fb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/kubeswitch/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/kubeswitch/default.nix
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
 
   meta = {
     changelog = "https://github.com/danielfoehrKn/kubeswitch/releases/tag/${version}";
-    description = "The kubectx for operators, a drop-in replacement for kubectx";
+    description = "Kubectx for operators, a drop-in replacement for kubectx";
     license = lib.licenses.asl20;
     homepage = "https://github.com/danielfoehrKn/kubeswitch";
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ bryanasdev000 ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/dart-sass/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/dart-sass/default.nix
index 676ff5a9ace19..f3e30557ae9bd 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/dart-sass/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/dart-sass/default.nix
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ buildDartApplication rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/sass/dart-sass";
-    description = "The reference implementation of Sass, written in Dart";
+    description = "Reference implementation of Sass, written in Dart";
     mainProgram = "sass";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ lelgenio ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/epm/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/epm/default.nix
index b83bb8d332839..93a6a6d7343b7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/epm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/epm/default.nix
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [ rpm ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The ESP Package Manager generates distribution archives for a variety of platforms";
+    description = "ESP Package Manager generates distribution archives for a variety of platforms";
     homepage = "https://jimjag.github.io/epm/";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ pSub ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/gdb/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/gdb/default.nix
index fd15916fdfe1b..263196dab5efa 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/gdb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/gdb/default.nix
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     mainProgram = "gdb";
 
-    description = "The GNU Project debugger";
+    description = "GNU Project debugger";
 
     longDescription = ''
       GDB, the GNU Project debugger, allows you to see what is going
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/igprof/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/igprof/default.nix
index a4e170f31b2ae..fc2036ec9bbd7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/igprof/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/igprof/default.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = {
     broken = (stdenv.isLinux && stdenv.isAarch64);
-    description = "The Ignominous Profiler";
+    description = "Ignominous Profiler";
 
     longDescription = ''
       IgProf is a fast and light weight profiler. It correctly handles
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/n98-magerun/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/n98-magerun/default.nix
index 08196dc041af7..c52fd68473b16 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/n98-magerun/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/n98-magerun/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ php81.buildComposerProject (finalAttrs: {
 
   meta = {
     changelog = "https://magerun.net/category/magerun/";
-    description = "The swiss army knife for Magento1/OpenMage developers";
+    description = "Swiss army knife for Magento1/OpenMage developers";
     homepage = "https://magerun.net/";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
     mainProgram = "n98-magerun";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/n98-magerun2/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/n98-magerun2/default.nix
index e0947e8f6fa6b..7612f28b7795f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/n98-magerun2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/n98-magerun2/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ php.buildComposerProject (finalAttrs: {
 
   meta = {
     changelog = "https://magerun.net/category/magerun/";
-    description = "The swiss army knife for Magento2 developers";
+    description = "Swiss army knife for Magento2 developers";
     homepage = "https://magerun.net/";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
     mainProgram = "n98-magerun2";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/one_gadget/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/one_gadget/default.nix
index 4bf550cea52a8..f1fbd4a0356a8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/one_gadget/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/one_gadget/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ bundlerApp {
   passthru.updateScript = bundlerUpdateScript "one_gadget";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The best tool for finding one gadget RCE in libc.so.6";
+    description = "Best tool for finding one gadget RCE in libc.so.6";
     homepage    = "https://github.com/david942j/one_gadget";
     license     = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ artemist nicknovitski ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/sipp/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/sipp/default.nix
index 43dcd2aea9b4b..414be9560b9a6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/sipp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/sipp/default.nix
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "http://sipp.sf.net";
-    description = "The SIPp testing tool";
+    description = "SIPp testing tool";
     mainProgram = "sipp";
     license = licenses.gpl3;
     platforms = platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/tet/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/tet/default.nix
index 6bfcb3129236e..a3f5942a6bfdf 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/tet/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/tet/default.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
   installPhase = "cd src; make install; cd -; cp -vr $PWD $out";
 
   meta = {
-    description = "The Test Environment Toolkit is used in test applications like The Open Group's UNIX Certification program and the Free Standards Group's LSB Certification program";
+    description = "Test Environment Toolkit is used in test applications like The Open Group's UNIX Certification program and the Free Standards Group's LSB Certification program";
     homepage = "http://tetworks.opengroup.org/Products/tet.htm";
     license = lib.licenses.artistic1;
     platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/texinfo/common.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/texinfo/common.nix
index 858884461ce26..4d340d643eccb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/texinfo/common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/texinfo/common.nix
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The GNU documentation system";
+    description = "GNU documentation system";
     homepage = "https://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/";
     changelog = "https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/texinfo.git/plain/NEWS";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/mongosh/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/mongosh/default.nix
index 56e2e2e8e4217..79834dafc2b8e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/mongosh/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/mongosh/default.nix
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ buildNpmPackage {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://www.mongodb.com/try/download/shell";
-    description = "The MongoDB Shell";
+    description = "MongoDB Shell";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ aaronjheng ];
     license = licenses.asl20;
     mainProgram = "mongosh";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/mustache-go/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/mustache-go/default.nix
index be5218cb1d336..c6d8966d50142 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/mustache-go/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/mustache-go/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/cbroglie/mustache";
-    description = "The mustache template language in Go";
+    description = "Mustache template language in Go";
     license = [ licenses.mit ];
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ Zimmi48 ];
     mainProgram = "mustache";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/nodehun/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/nodehun/default.nix
index cef41d9187912..5a49c90ad2e20 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/nodehun/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/nodehun/default.nix
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ buildNpmPackage {
   disallowedReferences = [ nodejs ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The Hunspell binding for NodeJS that exposes as much of Hunspell as possible and also adds new features";
+    description = "Hunspell binding for NodeJS that exposes as much of Hunspell as possible and also adds new features";
     homepage = "https://github.com/Wulf/nodehun";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.thomasjm ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/nufmt/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/nufmt/default.nix
index a73e300052fc2..d9f2732aedd7d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/nufmt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/nufmt/default.nix
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   cargoSha256 = "sha256-16Z20opeZpoa7h258um+grL3ktPmY4P0M/tqMTr5hYc=";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The nushell formatter";
+    description = "Nushell formatter";
     homepage = "https://github.com/nushell/nufmt";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [iogamaster];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/ocaml/cppo/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/ocaml/cppo/default.nix
index f5b002c59e642..1e86f9e6d89cc 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/ocaml/cppo/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/ocaml/cppo/default.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ let
   pname = "cppo";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The C preprocessor for OCaml";
+    description = "C preprocessor for OCaml";
     mainProgram = "cppo";
     longDescription = ''
       Cppo is an equivalent of the C preprocessor targeted at the OCaml language and its variants.
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/oras/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/oras/default.nix
index 09450c652a1c3..add83c4480a1d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/oras/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/oras/default.nix
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://oras.land/";
     changelog = "https://github.com/oras-project/oras/releases/tag/v${version}";
-    description = "The ORAS project provides a way to push and pull OCI Artifacts to and from OCI Registries";
+    description = "ORAS project provides a way to push and pull OCI Artifacts to and from OCI Registries";
     mainProgram = "oras";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ jk developer-guy ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/jikespg/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/jikespg/default.nix
index 1c67521608b5a..03814d3cfbe78 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/jikespg/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/jikespg/default.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://jikes.sourceforge.net/";
-    description = "The Jikes Parser Generator";
+    description = "Jikes Parser Generator";
     mainProgram = "jikespg";
     platforms = platforms.all;
     license = licenses.ipl10;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/re-flex/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/re-flex/default.nix
index 2f989d9bfb1e5..10131c23b2ba2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/re-flex/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/re-flex/default.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://www.genivia.com/doc/reflex/html";
-    description = "The regex-centric, fast lexical analyzer generator for C++ with full Unicode support";
+    description = "Regex-centric, fast lexical analyzer generator for C++ with full Unicode support";
     license = licenses.bsd3;
     platforms = platforms.all;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ prrlvr ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/pax-rs/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/pax-rs/default.nix
index d89221da8fea7..7b0e2c7a784a9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/pax-rs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/pax-rs/default.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   version = "0.4.0";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The fastest JavaScript bundler in the galaxy";
+    description = "Fastest JavaScript bundler in the galaxy";
     longDescription = ''
       The fastest JavaScript bundler in the galaxy. Fully supports ECMAScript module syntax (import/export) in addition to CommonJS require(<string>).
     '';
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/protoc-gen-go-grpc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/protoc-gen-go-grpc/default.nix
index 1cf06dd34e217..34d5f22d821fc 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/protoc-gen-go-grpc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/protoc-gen-go-grpc/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   vendorHash = "sha256-y+/hjYUTFZuq55YAZ5M4T1cwIR+XFQBmWVE+Cg1Y7PI=";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The Go language implementation of gRPC. HTTP/2 based RPC";
+    description = "Go language implementation of gRPC. HTTP/2 based RPC";
     mainProgram = "protoc-gen-go-grpc";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.raboof ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/pscale/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/pscale/default.nix
index 45850671be0d9..e719fb7691b9a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/pscale/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/pscale/default.nix
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The CLI for PlanetScale Database";
+    description = "CLI for PlanetScale Database";
     mainProgram = "pscale";
     changelog = "https://github.com/planetscale/cli/releases/tag/v${version}";
     homepage = "https://www.planetscale.com/";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/react-native-debugger/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/react-native-debugger/default.nix
index b11e1da40b364..f0383d5c9abdc 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/react-native-debugger/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/react-native-debugger/default.nix
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     homepage = "https://github.com/jhen0409/react-native-debugger";
     sourceProvenance = with sourceTypes; [ binaryNativeCode ];
     license = licenses.mit;
-    description = "The standalone app based on official debugger of React Native, and includes React Inspector / Redux DevTools";
+    description = "Standalone app based on official debugger of React Native, and includes React Inspector / Redux DevTools";
     mainProgram = "react-native-debugger";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/replay-io/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/replay-io/default.nix
index aafee56e2bd0f..51daef23b5278 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/replay-io/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/replay-io/default.nix
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ in rec {
     passthru.updateScript = ./update.sh;
 
     meta = with lib; {
-      description = "The Time Travel Debugger for Web Development";
+      description = "Time Travel Debugger for Web Development";
       longDescription = ''
         Replay allows you to record and replay web applications with familiar browser dev tools.
         You can access the browser DevTools at any point of the recording, adding new logger
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ in rec {
     '';
 
     meta = with lib; {
-      description = "The Time Travel Debugger for Web Development - Node Command Line";
+      description = "Time Travel Debugger for Web Development - Node Command Line";
       longDescription = ''
         The Replay Node Command Line allows you to record node applications and debug them
         with familiar browser dev tools.
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/rust/rustup/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/rust/rustup/default.nix
index 0751eb4945ae4..3f08882e1fbe0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/rust/rustup/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/rust/rustup/default.nix
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The Rust toolchain installer";
+    description = "Rust toolchain installer";
     homepage = "https://www.rustup.rs/";
     license = with licenses; [ asl20 /* or */ mit ];
     maintainers = [ maintainers.mic92 ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/shellharden/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/shellharden/default.nix
index 47498cca57c28..e1965aa2b006f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/shellharden/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/shellharden/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   postPatch = "patchShebangs moduletests/run";
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The corrective bash syntax highlighter";
+    description = "Corrective bash syntax highlighter";
     mainProgram = "shellharden";
     longDescription = ''
       Shellharden is a syntax highlighter and a tool to semi-automate the
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/solarus-quest-editor/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/solarus-quest-editor/default.nix
index e0743d13c1fc3..f0c6ba5bf0f1c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/solarus-quest-editor/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/solarus-quest-editor/default.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
     libmodplug libvorbis solarus qtbase qttools glm ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The editor for the Zelda-like ARPG game engine, Solarus";
+    description = "Editor for the Zelda-like ARPG game engine, Solarus";
     mainProgram = "solarus-quest-editor";
     longDescription = ''
       Solarus is a game engine for Zelda-like ARPG games written in lua.
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/spirv-tools/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/spirv-tools/default.nix
index 0cd2a13d5e97d..50d04ba050c3f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/spirv-tools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/spirv-tools/default.nix
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The SPIR-V Tools project provides an API and commands for processing SPIR-V modules";
+    description = "SPIR-V Tools project provides an API and commands for processing SPIR-V modules";
     homepage = "https://github.com/KhronosGroup/SPIRV-Tools";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     platforms = with platforms; unix ++ windows;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/twitch-cli/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/twitch-cli/default.nix
index 8417bf10a5d20..d9eab6a35691d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/twitch-cli/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/twitch-cli/default.nix
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The official Twitch CLI to make developing on Twitch easier";
+    description = "Official Twitch CLI to make developing on Twitch easier";
     mainProgram = "twitch-cli";
     homepage = "https://github.com/twitchdev/twitch-cli";
     license = licenses.asl20;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/volta/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/volta/default.nix
index b61347c05f2e4..e67df485b7f4e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/volta/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/volta/default.nix
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
       --zsh <($out/bin/volta completions zsh)
   '';
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The Hassle-Free JavaScript Tool Manager";
+    description = "Hassle-Free JavaScript Tool Manager";
     longDescription = ''
       With Volta, you can select a Node engine once and then stop worrying
       about it. You can switch between projects and stop having to manually
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/vulkan-validation-layers/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/vulkan-validation-layers/default.nix
index 78552a7f2c685..57891ca16155d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/vulkan-validation-layers/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/vulkan-validation-layers/default.nix
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The official Khronos Vulkan validation layers";
+    description = "Official Khronos Vulkan validation layers";
     homepage    = "https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-ValidationLayers";
     platforms   = platforms.linux;
     license     = licenses.asl20;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/wabt/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/wabt/default.nix
index 3f61a7906b739..c6541eb5b30aa 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/wabt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/wabt/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   cmakeFlags = [ "-DBUILD_TESTS=OFF" "-DCMAKE_PROJECT_VERSION=${version}" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The WebAssembly Binary Toolkit";
+    description = "WebAssembly Binary Toolkit";
     longDescription = ''
       WABT (pronounced "wabbit") is a suite of tools for WebAssembly, including:
        * wat2wasm: translate from WebAssembly text format to the WebAssembly
diff --git a/pkgs/development/web/protege-distribution/default.nix b/pkgs/development/web/protege-distribution/default.nix
index b82f45692ee15..3aa234b406bde 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/web/protege-distribution/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/web/protege-distribution/default.nix
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "The OWL2 ontology editor from Stanford, with third-party plugins included";
+    description = "OWL2 ontology editor from Stanford, with third-party plugins included";
     homepage = "https://protege.stanford.edu/";
     downloadPage = "https://protege.stanford.edu/products.php#desktop-protege";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ nessdoor ];