diff --git a/.changeset/four-walls-perform.md b/.changeset/four-walls-perform.md
index b8e4c80416..5275da7b79 100644
--- a/.changeset/four-walls-perform.md
+++ b/.changeset/four-walls-perform.md
@@ -2,5 +2,4 @@
 '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder': minor
 ---
 
-Updating the `EntityPicker` to only select by default `kind` `metadata.name` `metadata.namespace` and `metadata.title` by default to improve performance on larger datasets.
-
+Updating the `EntityPicker` to only select `kind` `metadata.name` and `metadata.namespace` by default to improve performance on larger datasets.
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/fields/EntityPicker/EntityPicker.tsx b/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/fields/EntityPicker/EntityPicker.tsx
index 6a74b9ae51..c9b74b49c7 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/fields/EntityPicker/EntityPicker.tsx
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/fields/EntityPicker/EntityPicker.tsx
@@ -61,20 +61,13 @@ export const EntityPicker = (props: EntityPickerProps) => {
   } = props;
   const catalogFilter = buildCatalogFilter(uiSchema);
   const defaultKind = uiSchema['ui:options']?.defaultKind;
-  const customFields = uiSchema['ui:options']?.fields;
   const defaultNamespace =
     uiSchema['ui:options']?.defaultNamespace || undefined;
 
   const catalogApi = useApi(catalogApiRef);
 
   const { value: entities, loading } = useAsync(async () => {
-    const defaultFields = [
-      'metadata.name',
-      'metadata.namespace',
-      'metadata.title',
-      'kind',
-    ];
-    const fields = customFields || defaultFields;
+    const fields = ['metadata.name', 'metadata.namespace', 'kind'];
     const { items } = await catalogApi.getEntities(
       catalogFilter
         ? { filter: catalogFilter, fields: fields }
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/fields/EntityPicker/schema.ts b/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/fields/EntityPicker/schema.ts
index 0b9ddbe672..eb1bba364b 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/fields/EntityPicker/schema.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/fields/EntityPicker/schema.ts
@@ -41,13 +41,6 @@ export const EntityPickerFieldSchema = makeFieldSchemaFromZod(
       .describe(
         'DEPRECATED: Use `catalogFilter` instead. List of kinds of entities to derive options from',
       ),
-    fields: z
-      .array(z.string())
-      .optional()
-      .describe(
-        'Download only the parts of each entity that match the field declarations.' +
-          " Defaults to: fields: ['metadata.name', 'metadata.namespace', 'metadata.title', 'kind']",
-      ),
     defaultKind: z
       .string()
       .optional()