diff --git a/api_tests/draft_nodes/views/test_draft_node_detail.py b/api_tests/draft_nodes/views/test_draft_node_detail.py
index 11369073813d..5bbbfa5b388a 100644
--- a/api_tests/draft_nodes/views/test_draft_node_detail.py
+++ b/api_tests/draft_nodes/views/test_draft_node_detail.py
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ def test_detail_response(self, app, user, user_two):
         assert res.status_code == 404
 
         # cannot access draft node after it's been registered (it's now a node!)
-        draft_reg.title = 'test user generated title.'
         draft_reg.register(Auth(user))
         url = '/{}draft_nodes/{}/'.format(API_BASE, draft_node._id)
         res = app.get(url, auth=user_two.auth, expect_errors=True)
diff --git a/api_tests/draft_registrations/views/test_draft_registration_detail.py b/api_tests/draft_registrations/views/test_draft_registration_detail.py
index 7a2bdf23c4dc..02cfe16cb588 100644
--- a/api_tests/draft_registrations/views/test_draft_registration_detail.py
+++ b/api_tests/draft_registrations/views/test_draft_registration_detail.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ def test_detail_view_returns_editable_fields_no_specified_node(self, app, user):
         res = app.get(url, auth=user.auth, expect_errors=True)
         attributes = res.json['data']['attributes']
 
-        assert attributes['title'] == 'Untitled'
+        assert attributes['title'] == ''
         assert attributes['description'] == ''
         assert attributes['category'] == ''
         assert attributes['node_license'] is None
diff --git a/website/settings/defaults.py b/website/settings/defaults.py
index 1438e90e07bb..7c67bf55e901 100644
--- a/website/settings/defaults.py
+++ b/website/settings/defaults.py
@@ -2129,3 +2129,4 @@ def from_node_usage(cls,  usage_bytes, private_limit=None, public_limit=None):
 PREPRINT_METRICS_START_DATE = datetime.datetime(2019, 1, 1)
 
 WAFFLE_VALUES_YAML = 'osf/features.yaml'
+DEFAULT_DRAFT_NODE_TITLE = 'Untitled'