diff --git a/pandas/core/methods/describe.py b/pandas/core/methods/describe.py
index 17d4d38c97f33..174a0f66af740 100644
--- a/pandas/core/methods/describe.py
+++ b/pandas/core/methods/describe.py
@@ -353,10 +353,7 @@ def _refine_percentiles(
 
     # get them all to be in [0, 1]
     validate_percentile(percentiles)
-
-    # median should always be included
-    if 0.5 not in percentiles:
-        percentiles.append(0.5)
+    
 
     percentiles = np.asarray(percentiles)