diff --git a/core/src/zeit/content/article/edit/liveblog.py b/core/src/zeit/content/article/edit/liveblog.py
index e7c983f4e2..0cc934791d 100644
--- a/core/src/zeit/content/article/edit/liveblog.py
+++ b/core/src/zeit/content/article/edit/liveblog.py
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ class Liveblog(zeit.content.article.edit.block.Block):
         '.',
         'timeline_template',
         zeit.content.article.edit.interfaces.ILiveblog['timeline_template'],
-        use_default=True,
     )
 
     LIVEBLOG_VERSION_UPDATE = pendulum.datetime(2018, 8, 6)