diff --git a/app/code/Magento/Ui/view/base/web/js/form/element/wysiwyg.js b/app/code/Magento/Ui/view/base/web/js/form/element/wysiwyg.js
index 6507da5e1a933..29a0cc0f0c295 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/Ui/view/base/web/js/form/element/wysiwyg.js
+++ b/app/code/Magento/Ui/view/base/web/js/form/element/wysiwyg.js
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ define([
     return Abstract.extend({
         defaults: {
             elementSelector: 'textarea',
-            value: '',
             $wysiwygEditorButton: '',
             links: {
                 value: '${ $.provider }:${ $.dataScope }'