diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/ContentTypeController.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/ContentTypeController.cs
index d7ca2d19f6..397f6b3e9d 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/ContentTypeController.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/ContentTypeController.cs
@@ -263,15 +263,6 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.Editors
                 }
             }
 
-            //Before we send this model into this saving/mapping pipeline, we also need to do some cleanup on templates.
-            //If the doc type is an element type, it can't have any templates assigned, so we need to reset the allowed templates here.
-            if (contentTypeSave.IsElement)
-            {
-                contentTypeSave.AllowedTemplates = new string[] { };
-                contentTypeSave.DefaultTemplate = null;
-            }
-
-
             var savedCt = PerformPostSave<DocumentTypeDisplay, DocumentTypeSave, PropertyTypeBasic>(
                 contentTypeSave:    contentTypeSave,
                 getContentType:     i => Services.ContentTypeService.Get(i),