diff --git a/layouts/partials/menu.html b/layouts/partials/menu.html
index 83b852b507..773dfab4d3 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/menu.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/menu.html
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@
           {{- end }}
           {{- safeHTML .Params.head }}
           {{- if $numberOfVisibleChildren }}
-            {{- $title := or .Params.menuTitle .LinkTitle .Title }}
+            {{- $title := or .LinkTitle .Title }}
             {{- $url := partial "relLangPrettyUglyURL.hugo" (dict "to" .) }}
             {{- $isCollapsible := or (.Params.collapsibleMenu | default .Site.Params.collapsibleMenu) (not $url) }}
             {{- $currentAlwaysopen := .Params.alwaysopen | default $alwaysopen }}
diff --git a/layouts/partials/pageHelper/title.hugo b/layouts/partials/pageHelper/title.hugo
index 51e664492c..c09c323798 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/pageHelper/title.hugo
+++ b/layouts/partials/pageHelper/title.hugo
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 {{- $title := "" }}
 {{- with .page }}
   {{- if .Params.menuTitle }}
-    {{- warnf "%q: DEPRECATED frontmatter 'menutitle' found, use 'linktitle' instead" $.File.Filename }}
+    {{- warnf "%q: UNSUPPORTED frontmatter 'menutitle' found, use 'linktitle' instead" $.File.Filename }}
   {{- end }}
   {{- $format := $.format | default (partial "get-format.hugo" .) }}
   {{- $outputFormat := $.outputFormat | default (partial "output-format.hugo" (dict "page" . "format" $format)) }}
   {{- $title = .Title }}
   {{- if $.linkTitle }}
-    {{- $title = or $.page.Params.menuTitle $.page.LinkTitle $title }}
+    {{- $title = or $.page.LinkTitle $title }}
   {{- end }}
 
   {{- if eq $outputFormat "searchpage" }}