diff --git a/packages/block-library/src/post-featured-image/block.json b/packages/block-library/src/post-featured-image/block.json
index 820b1b9769e316..2e1017fc784fe2 100644
--- a/packages/block-library/src/post-featured-image/block.json
+++ b/packages/block-library/src/post-featured-image/block.json
@@ -50,11 +50,7 @@
 			"type": "string"
 		},
 		"title": {
-			"type": "string",
-			"source": "attribute",
-			"selector": "img",
-			"attribute": "title",
-			"__experimentalRole": "content"
+			"type": "string"
 		}
 	},
 	"usesContext": [ "postId", "postType", "queryId" ],
diff --git a/packages/block-library/src/post-featured-image/index.php b/packages/block-library/src/post-featured-image/index.php
index f727bc3e0560b9..6762c14fe7bf58 100644
--- a/packages/block-library/src/post-featured-image/index.php
+++ b/packages/block-library/src/post-featured-image/index.php
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ function render_block_core_post_featured_image( $attributes, $content, $block )
 	$size_slug      = isset( $attributes['sizeSlug'] ) ? $attributes['sizeSlug'] : 'post-thumbnail';
 	$attr           = get_block_core_post_featured_image_border_attributes( $attributes );
 	$overlay_markup = get_block_core_post_featured_image_overlay_element_markup( $attributes );
-	$title          = isset( $attributes['title'] ) && $attributes['title'];
+	$title          = isset( $attributes['title'] ) ? $attributes['title'] : '';
 
 	if ( $is_link ) {
 		$attr['alt'] = trim( strip_tags( get_the_title( $post_ID ) ) );