diff --git a/default.dzslides b/default.dzslides
index 48e3e8027..cab8ef848 100644
--- a/default.dzslides
+++ b/default.dzslides
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ $endfor$
 $if(date-meta)$
   <meta name="dcterms.date" content="$date-meta$" />
 $endif$
-  <title>$if(title-prefix)$$title-prefix$ - $endif$$if(pagetitle)$$pagetitle$$endif$</title>
+  <title>$if(title-prefix)$$title-prefix$ - $endif$$pagetitle$</title>
 $if(highlighting-css)$
   <style type="text/css">
 $highlighting-css$
diff --git a/default.html b/default.html
index c231b8fa5..6b9945e6e 100644
--- a/default.html
+++ b/default.html
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ $endfor$
 $if(date-meta)$
   <meta name="date" content="$date-meta$" />
 $endif$
-  <title>$if(title-prefix)$$title-prefix$ - $endif$$if(pagetitle)$$pagetitle$$endif$</title>
+  <title>$if(title-prefix)$$title-prefix$ - $endif$$pagetitle$</title>
 $if(highlighting-css)$
   <style type="text/css">
 $highlighting-css$
diff --git a/default.html5 b/default.html5
index 800f8a626..beed93e50 100644
--- a/default.html5
+++ b/default.html5
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ $endfor$
 $if(date-meta)$
   <meta name="dcterms.date" content="$date-meta$">
 $endif$
-  <title>$if(title-prefix)$$title-prefix$ - $endif$$if(pagetitle)$$pagetitle$$endif$</title>
+  <title>$if(title-prefix)$$title-prefix$ - $endif$$pagetitle$</title>
   <!--[if lt IE 9]>
     <script src="http://html5shim.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5.js"></script>
   <![endif]-->
diff --git a/default.s5 b/default.s5
index 03008df88..3f2977846 100644
--- a/default.s5
+++ b/default.s5
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ $endfor$
 $if(date-meta)$
   <meta name="date" content="$date-meta$" />
 $endif$
-  <title>$if(title-prefix)$$title-prefix$ - $endif$$if(pagetitle)$$pagetitle$$endif$</title>
+  <title>$if(title-prefix)$$title-prefix$ - $endif$$pagetitle$</title>
   <!-- configuration parameters -->
   <meta name="defaultView" content="slideshow" />
   <meta name="controlVis" content="hidden" />
diff --git a/default.slideous b/default.slideous
index a0f2e258c..43f12ae9d 100644
--- a/default.slideous
+++ b/default.slideous
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ $endfor$
 $if(date-meta)$
   <meta name="date" content="$date-meta$" />
 $endif$
-  <title>$if(title-prefix)$$title-prefix$ - $endif$$if(pagetitle)$$pagetitle$$endif$</title>
+  <title>$if(title-prefix)$$title-prefix$ - $endif$$pagetitle$</title>
 $if(highlighting-css)$
   <style type="text/css">
 $highlighting-css$
diff --git a/default.slidy b/default.slidy
index 0a74ca7f5..bd7d2ce8d 100644
--- a/default.slidy
+++ b/default.slidy
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ $endfor$
 $if(date-meta)$
   <meta name="date" content="$date-meta$" />
 $endif$
-  <title>$if(title-prefix)$$title-prefix$ - $endif$$if(pagetitle)$$pagetitle$$endif$</title>
+  <title>$if(title-prefix)$$title-prefix$ - $endif$$pagetitle$</title>
 $if(highlighting-css)$
   <style type="text/css">
 $highlighting-css$