diff --git a/git/refs/symbolic.py b/git/refs/symbolic.py
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
if TYPE_CHECKING:
    from git.config import GitConfigParser
    from git.objects.commit import Actor
-    from git.refs import Head, TagReference, RemoteReference, Reference
    from git.refs.log import RefLogEntry
    from git.repo import Repo

@@ -387,17 +386,23 @@ def set_object(
        # set the commit on our reference
        return self._get_reference().set_object(object, logmsg)

-    commit = property(
-        _get_commit,
-        set_commit,  # type: ignore[arg-type]
-        doc="Query or set commits directly",
-    )

-    object = property(
-        _get_object,
-        set_object,  # type: ignore[arg-type]
-        doc="Return the object our ref currently refers to",
-    )

    def _get_reference(self) -> "SymbolicReference":
        """
@@ -496,12 +501,14 @@ def set_reference(
        return self

    # Aliased reference
-    reference: Union["Head", "TagReference", "RemoteReference", "Reference"]
-    reference = property(  # type: ignore[assignment]
-        _get_reference,
-        set_reference,  # type: ignore[arg-type]
-        doc="Returns the Reference we point to",
-    )
    ref = reference

    def is_valid(self) -> bool:

diff --git a/git/repo/base.py b/git/repo/base.py
@@ -354,21 +354,19 @@ def __ne__(self, rhs: object) -> bool:
    def __hash__(self) -> int:
        return hash(self.git_dir)

-    # Description property
-    def _get_description(self) -> str:
        filename = osp.join(self.git_dir, "description")
        with open(filename, "rb") as fp:
            return fp.read().rstrip().decode(defenc)

-    def _set_description(self, descr: str) -> None:
        filename = osp.join(self.git_dir, "description")
        with open(filename, "wb") as fp:
            fp.write((descr + "\n").encode(defenc))

-    description = property(_get_description, _set_description, doc="the project's description")
-    del _get_description
-    del _set_description
-
    @property
    def working_tree_dir(self) -> Optional[PathLike]:
        """
@@ -885,13 +883,14 @@ def _set_daemon_export(self, value: object) -> None:
        elif not value and fileexists:
            os.unlink(filename)

-    daemon_export = property(
-        _get_daemon_export,
-        _set_daemon_export,
-        doc="If True, git-daemon may export this repository",
-    )
-    del _get_daemon_export
-    del _set_daemon_export

    def _get_alternates(self) -> List[str]:
        """The list of alternates for this repo from which objects can be retrieved.
@@ -929,11 +928,14 @@ def _set_alternates(self, alts: List[str]) -> None:
            with open(alternates_path, "wb") as f:
                f.write("\n".join(alts).encode(defenc))

-    alternates = property(
-        _get_alternates,
-        _set_alternates,
-        doc="Retrieve a list of alternates paths or set a list paths to be used as alternates",
-    )

    def is_dirty(
        self,