diff --git a/source/blender/nodes/shader/nodes/node_shader_displacement.cc b/source/blender/nodes/shader/nodes/node_shader_displacement.cc
index d107d89d823..4b283b049df 100644
--- a/source/blender/nodes/shader/nodes/node_shader_displacement.cc
+++ b/source/blender/nodes/shader/nodes/node_shader_displacement.cc
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ namespace blender::nodes::node_shader_displacement_cc {
 static void node_declare(NodeDeclarationBuilder &b)
 {
   b.add_input<decl::Float>(N_("Height")).default_value(0.0f).min(0.0f).max(1000.0f);
-  b.add_input<decl::Float>(N_("Midlevel")).default_value(0.0f).min(0.0f).max(1000.0f);
+  b.add_input<decl::Float>(N_("Midlevel")).default_value(0.5f).min(0.0f).max(1000.0f);
   b.add_input<decl::Float>(N_("Scale")).default_value(1.0f).min(0.0f).max(1000.0f);
   b.add_input<decl::Vector>(N_("Normal")).hide_value();
   b.add_output<decl::Vector>(N_("Displacement"));
@@ -17,13 +17,6 @@ static void node_declare(NodeDeclarationBuilder &b)
 static void node_shader_init_displacement(bNodeTree * /*ntree*/, bNode *node)
 {
   node->custom1 = SHD_SPACE_OBJECT; /* space */
-
-  /* Set default value here for backwards compatibility. */
-  LISTBASE_FOREACH (bNodeSocket *, sock, &node->inputs) {
-    if (STREQ(sock->name, "Midlevel")) {
-      ((bNodeSocketValueFloat *)sock->default_value)->value = 0.5f;
-    }
-  }
 }
 
 static int gpu_shader_displacement(GPUMaterial *mat,
diff --git a/source/blender/nodes/shader/nodes/node_shader_tex_brick.cc b/source/blender/nodes/shader/nodes/node_shader_tex_brick.cc
index bd0441b6f6a..73d9c08116e 100644
--- a/source/blender/nodes/shader/nodes/node_shader_tex_brick.cc
+++ b/source/blender/nodes/shader/nodes/node_shader_tex_brick.cc
@@ -30,7 +30,11 @@ static void sh_node_tex_brick_declare(NodeDeclarationBuilder &b)
       .max(0.125f)
       .default_value(0.02f)
       .no_muted_links();
-  b.add_input<decl::Float>(N_("Mortar Smooth")).min(0.0f).max(1.0f).no_muted_links();
+  b.add_input<decl::Float>(N_("Mortar Smooth"))
+      .min(0.0f)
+      .max(1.0f)
+      .default_value(0.1f)
+      .no_muted_links();
   b.add_input<decl::Float>(N_("Bias")).min(-1.0f).max(1.0f).no_muted_links();
   b.add_input<decl::Float>(N_("Brick Width"))
       .min(0.01f)
@@ -78,12 +82,6 @@ static void node_shader_init_tex_brick(bNodeTree * /*ntree*/, bNode *node)
   tex->squash_freq = 2;
 
   node->storage = tex;
-
-  LISTBASE_FOREACH (bNodeSocket *, sock, &node->inputs) {
-    if (STREQ(sock->name, "Mortar Smooth")) {
-      ((bNodeSocketValueFloat *)sock->default_value)->value = 0.1f;
-    }
-  }
 }
 
 static int node_shader_gpu_tex_brick(GPUMaterial *mat,