Can't use enumitem with moderncv because it fails on \renewenvironment{description}

[John Salvatier]

My documents consists of:

\documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{moderncv}
\usepackage{enumitem}
\moderncvtheme[red]{classic}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
% personal data
\firstname{John}
\familyname{Salvatier}

\begin{document}
\end{document}

But this fails with
! LaTeX Error: Environment description undefined.

See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.
Type H <return> for immediate help.
 ...

l.775 \renewenvironment{description}
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[Martin (d-stephane)]

Try this:
\newcommand{\description}{}
\usepackage{enumitem}

That works for me.