diff --git a/moderncv.cls b/moderncv.cls
index beea4d0..b501a05 100644
--- a/moderncv.cls
+++ b/moderncv.cls
@@ -468,6 +468,8 @@
 \RequirePackage{tweaklist}% distributed with moderncv, not found on ctan and slightly modified
 \renewcommand*{\itemhook}{
   \setlength{\topsep}{0pt}%
+  \setlength{\parsep}{0pt}%
+	\setlength{\parskip}{0pt}%
   \setlength{\itemsep}{0pt}}
 \renewcommand*{\enumhook}{\itemhook{}}
 \renewcommand*{\deschook}{\itemhook{}}
diff --git a/tweaklist.sty b/tweaklist.sty
index 541c37a..ff9c6a8 100644
--- a/tweaklist.sty
+++ b/tweaklist.sty
@@ -33,8 +33,10 @@
       \expandafter
       \list
         \csname label\@enumctr\endcsname
-        {\usecounter\@enumctr\def\makelabel##1{\hss\llap{##1}}%
-          \enumhook \csname enumhook\romannumeral\the\@enumdepth\endcsname}%
+        {%
+          \enumhook \csname enumhook\romannumeral\the\@enumdepth\endcsname%
+          \usecounter\@enumctr\def\makelabel##1{\hss\llap{##1}}%
+        }%
   \fi}
 \def\itemize{%
   \ifnum \@itemdepth >\thr@@\@toodeep\else
@@ -43,10 +45,12 @@
     \expandafter
     \list
       \csname\@itemitem\endcsname
-      {\def\makelabel##1{\hss\llap{##1}}%
-        \itemhook \csname itemhook\romannumeral\the\@itemdepth\endcsname}%
+      {%
+        \itemhook \csname itemhook\romannumeral\the\@itemdepth\endcsname%
+        \def\makelabel##1{\hss\llap{##1}}%
+      }%
   \fi}
 \newenvironment{description}
-  {\list{}{\labelwidth\z@ \itemindent-\leftmargin
-           \let\makelabel\descriptionlabel\deschook}}
+  {\list{}{\deschook\labelwidth\z@ \itemindent-\leftmargin
+           \let\makelabel\descriptionlabel}}
   {\endlist}