diff --git a/backend/onyx/connectors/slack/connector.py b/backend/onyx/connectors/slack/connector.py
index ff6ea80c7..3a28ced36 100644
--- a/backend/onyx/connectors/slack/connector.py
+++ b/backend/onyx/connectors/slack/connector.py
@@ -220,7 +220,6 @@ def thread_to_doc(
         source=DocumentSource.SLACK,
         semantic_identifier=doc_sem_id,
         doc_updated_at=get_latest_message_time(thread),
-        title="",  # slack docs don't really have a "title"
         primary_owners=valid_experts,
         metadata={"Channel": channel["name"]},
     )