diff --git a/layouts/_default/index.json b/layouts/_default/index.json
index bcd1472585..44d61dc52b 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/index.json
+++ b/layouts/_default/index.json
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
       {{- if not $title }}
         {{- $title = .Data.Singular | humanize }}
       {{- end }}
-      {{- $title = printf "%s %s %s" $title (default "::" .Site.Params.titleSeparator) (.Title | humanize) }}
+      {{- $title = printf "%s %s %s" $title (default "::" .Site.Params.titleSeparator) .Title }}
     {{- end }}
     {{- $pages = $pages | append (dict "uri" (partial "relLangPrettyUglyURL.hugo" (dict "to" .)) "title" $title "tags" .Params.tags "description" .Description "content" (.Plain | htmlUnescape)) }}
   {{- end }}
diff --git a/layouts/_default/index.search.js b/layouts/_default/index.search.js
index 582e788fb7..65da0765a0 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/index.search.js
+++ b/layouts/_default/index.search.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
       {{- if not $title }}
         {{- $title = .Data.Singular | humanize }}
       {{- end }}
-      {{- $title = printf "%s %s %s" $title (default "::" .Site.Params.titleSeparator) (.Title | humanize) }}
+      {{- $title = printf "%s %s %s" $title (default "::" .Site.Params.titleSeparator) .Title }}
     {{- end }}
     {{- $pages = $pages | append (dict "uri" (partial "relLangPrettyUglyURL.hugo" (dict "to" .)) "title" $title "tags" .Params.tags "description" .Description "content" (.Plain | htmlUnescape)) }}
   {{- end }}
diff --git a/layouts/partials/header.html b/layouts/partials/header.html
index 21991578fc..2c3f9a069d 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/header.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/header.html
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
       {{- if not $title }}
         {{- $title = .Data.Singular | humanize }}
       {{- end }}
-      {{- $title = printf "%s %s %s" (.Title | humanize) (default "::" .Site.Params.titleSeparator) $title }}
+      {{- $title = printf "%s %s %s" .Title (default "::" .Site.Params.titleSeparator) $title }}
     {{- end }}
     {{- if and $title .Site.Title (not (eq $title .Site.Title)) }}
       {{- $title = printf "%s %s %s" $title (default "::" .Site.Params.titleSeparator) .Site.Title }}
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@
         {{- if not $title }}
           {{- $title = .Data.Singular | humanize }}
         {{- end }}
-        {{- $title = printf "%s %s %s" $title (default "::" .Site.Params.titleSeparator) ($to.Title | humanize) }}
+        {{- $title = printf "%s %s %s" $title (default "::" .Site.Params.titleSeparator) $to.Title }}
       {{- end }}
       {{- if not $title }}
         {{- $title = $to.Site.Title }}