diff --git a/Modules/Filtering/RLEImage/itk-module.cmake b/Modules/Filtering/RLEImage/itk-module.cmake
index a4741942f2a..d8312d55a8e 100644
--- a/Modules/Filtering/RLEImage/itk-module.cmake
+++ b/Modules/Filtering/RLEImage/itk-module.cmake
@@ -1,14 +1,3 @@
-# the top-level README is used for describing this module, just
-# re-used it for documentation here
-get_filename_component(MY_CURENT_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_FILE}" PATH)
-file(READ "${MY_CURENT_DIR}/README.md" DOCUMENTATION)
-
-# itk_module() defines the module dependencies in RLEImage
-# The testing module in RLEImage depends on ITKTestKernel
-# By convention those modules outside of ITK are not prefixed with
-# ITK
-
-# define the dependencies of the include module and the tests
 itk_module(
   RLEImage
   ENABLE_SHARED
@@ -17,5 +6,5 @@ itk_module(
   TEST_DEPENDS
     ITKTestKernel
   EXCLUDE_FROM_DEFAULT
-  DESCRIPTION "${DOCUMENTATION}"
+  DESCRIPTION "Run-length encoded memory compression scheme for an itk::Image."
 )
diff --git a/Modules/Filtering/SplitComponents/itk-module.cmake b/Modules/Filtering/SplitComponents/itk-module.cmake
index c8820178073..736e6c89e3d 100644
--- a/Modules/Filtering/SplitComponents/itk-module.cmake
+++ b/Modules/Filtering/SplitComponents/itk-module.cmake
@@ -1,20 +1,9 @@
-# the top-level README is used for describing this module, just
-# re-used it for documentation here
-get_filename_component(MY_CURRENT_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_FILE}" PATH)
-file(READ "${MY_CURRENT_DIR}/README.md" DOCUMENTATION)
-
-# itk_module() defines the module dependencies in SplitComponents
-# The testing module in SplitComponents depends on ITKTestKernel
-# By convention those modules outside of ITK are not prefixed with
-# ITK.
-
-# define the dependencies of the include module and the tests
 itk_module(
   SplitComponents
   DEPENDS
     ITKCommon
   TEST_DEPENDS
     ITKTestKernel
-  DESCRIPTION "${DOCUMENTATION}"
+  DESCRIPTION "Generate component images from a vector-pixel itk::Image."
   EXCLUDE_FROM_DEFAULT
 )
diff --git a/Modules/IO/IOFDF/itk-module.cmake b/Modules/IO/IOFDF/itk-module.cmake
index 7a70bffc890..173c885897e 100644
--- a/Modules/IO/IOFDF/itk-module.cmake
+++ b/Modules/IO/IOFDF/itk-module.cmake
@@ -1,14 +1,3 @@
-# the top-level README is used for describing this module, just
-# re-used it for documentation here
-get_filename_component(MY_CURRENT_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_FILE}" PATH)
-file(READ "${MY_CURRENT_DIR}/README.md" DOCUMENTATION)
-
-# itk_module() defines the module dependencies in IOFDF
-# The testing module in IOFDF depends on ITKTestKernel
-# By convention those modules outside of ITK are not prefixed with
-# ITK
-
-# define the dependencies of the include module and the tests
 itk_module(
   IOFDF
   ENABLE_SHARED
@@ -19,6 +8,6 @@ itk_module(
     ITKTransform
   FACTORY_NAMES
     ImageIO::FDF
-  DESCRIPTION "${DOCUMENTATION}"
+  DESCRIPTION "FDF image format ImageIO plugin for ITK."
   EXCLUDE_FROM_DEFAULT
 )
diff --git a/Modules/IO/IOMeshMZ3/itk-module.cmake b/Modules/IO/IOMeshMZ3/itk-module.cmake
index d208c54ecf0..fe9a9e95d8b 100644
--- a/Modules/IO/IOMeshMZ3/itk-module.cmake
+++ b/Modules/IO/IOMeshMZ3/itk-module.cmake
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-# the top-level README is used for describing this module, just
-# re-used it for documentation here
-get_filename_component(MY_CURRENT_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_FILE}" PATH)
-file(READ "${MY_CURRENT_DIR}/README.md" DOCUMENTATION)
-
 itk_module(
   IOMeshMZ3
   DEPENDS
@@ -17,7 +12,7 @@ itk_module(
     ITKMetaIO
   FACTORY_NAMES
     MeshIO::MZ3
-  DESCRIPTION "${DOCUMENTATION}"
+  DESCRIPTION "Read and write MZ3 triangle mesh files."
   EXCLUDE_FROM_DEFAULT
   ENABLE_SHARED
 )
diff --git a/Modules/IO/IOMeshSTL/itk-module.cmake b/Modules/IO/IOMeshSTL/itk-module.cmake
index 7d1208b98d2..72bd8e44929 100644
--- a/Modules/IO/IOMeshSTL/itk-module.cmake
+++ b/Modules/IO/IOMeshSTL/itk-module.cmake
@@ -1,14 +1,3 @@
-# the top-level README is used for describing this module, just
-# re-used it for documentation here
-get_filename_component(MY_CURRENT_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_FILE}" PATH)
-file(READ "${MY_CURRENT_DIR}/README.md" DOCUMENTATION)
-
-# itk_module() defines the module dependencies in IOMeshSTL
-# The testing module in IOMeshSTL depends on ITKTestKernel
-# By convention those modules outside of ITK are not prefixed with
-# ITK.
-
-# define the dependencies of the include module and the tests
 itk_module(
   IOMeshSTL
   ENABLE_SHARED
@@ -20,6 +9,6 @@ itk_module(
     ITKQuadEdgeMesh
   FACTORY_NAMES
     MeshIO::STL
-  DESCRIPTION "${DOCUMENTATION}"
+  DESCRIPTION "Read and write STL triangle mesh files."
   EXCLUDE_FROM_DEFAULT
 )