diff --git a/src/base/single/button/buttons/button.text.js b/src/base/single/button/buttons/button.text.js
index 6c8cf9b7c..98a2e31bb 100644
--- a/src/base/single/button/buttons/button.text.js
+++ b/src/base/single/button/buttons/button.text.js
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ BI.TextButton = BI.inherit(BI.BasicButton, {
             lgap: 0,
             rgap: 0,
             vgap: 0,
-            text: "",
             py: ""
         });
     },