diff --git a/services/web/app/src/Features/Project/ProjectController.js b/services/web/app/src/Features/Project/ProjectController.js
index b32a1f03ca..d9c7bfed03 100644
--- a/services/web/app/src/Features/Project/ProjectController.js
+++ b/services/web/app/src/Features/Project/ProjectController.js
@@ -806,8 +806,8 @@ const ProjectController = {
                 autoPairDelimiters: user.ace.autoPairDelimiters,
                 pdfViewer: user.ace.pdfViewer,
                 syntaxValidation: user.ace.syntaxValidation,
-                fontFamily: user.ace.fontFamily,
-                lineHeight: user.ace.lineHeight,
+                fontFamily: user.ace.fontFamily || 'lucida',
+                lineHeight: user.ace.lineHeight || 'normal',
                 overallTheme: user.ace.overallTheme
               },
               trackChangesState: project.track_changes,
diff --git a/services/web/app/src/infrastructure/ExpressLocals.js b/services/web/app/src/infrastructure/ExpressLocals.js
index 29089305d7..b8c9cb207a 100644
--- a/services/web/app/src/infrastructure/ExpressLocals.js
+++ b/services/web/app/src/infrastructure/ExpressLocals.js
@@ -321,9 +321,7 @@ module.exports = function(webRouter, privateApiRouter, publicApiRouter) {
       chatMessageBorderSaturation: '85%',
       chatMessageBorderLightness: '40%',
       chatMessageBgSaturation: '85%',
-      chatMessageBgLightness: '40%',
-      defaultFontFamily: 'lucida',
-      defaultLineHeight: 'normal'
+      chatMessageBgLightness: '40%'
     }
     next()
   })
diff --git a/services/web/app/views/project/editor/editor.pug b/services/web/app/views/project/editor/editor.pug
index ab890fe9c2..84b08e8d41 100644
--- a/services/web/app/views/project/editor/editor.pug
+++ b/services/web/app/views/project/editor/editor.pug
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ div.full-size(
 			track-changes= "editor.trackChanges",
 			doc-id="editor.open_doc_id"
 			renderer-data="reviewPanel.rendererData"
-			font-family="settings.fontFamily || ui.defaultFontFamily"
-			line-height="settings.lineHeight || ui.defaultLineHeight"
+			font-family="settings.fontFamily"
+			line-height="settings.lineHeight"
 		)
 
 		if !isRestrictedTokenMember
diff --git a/services/web/app/views/project/editor/left-menu.pug b/services/web/app/views/project/editor/left-menu.pug
index dd07ee4617..a407f3c016 100644
--- a/services/web/app/views/project/editor/left-menu.pug
+++ b/services/web/app/views/project/editor/left-menu.pug
@@ -169,7 +169,6 @@ aside#left-menu.full-size(
 					name="fontFamily"
 					ng-model="settings.fontFamily"
 				)
-					option(value="", disabled) #{translate("default")}
 					each fontFamily in ['monaco', 'lucida']
 						option(value=fontFamily) #{capitalize(fontFamily)}
 
@@ -179,7 +178,6 @@ aside#left-menu.full-size(
 					name="lineHeight"
 					ng-model="settings.lineHeight"
 				)
-					option(value="", disabled) #{translate("default")}
 					each lineHeight in ['compact', 'normal', 'wide']
 						option(value=lineHeight) #{translate(lineHeight)}
 
diff --git a/services/web/frontend/js/ide.js b/services/web/frontend/js/ide.js
index 02ec401726..f508db6f77 100644
--- a/services/web/frontend/js/ide.js
+++ b/services/web/frontend/js/ide.js
@@ -117,9 +117,7 @@ define([
       reviewPanelOpen: localStorage(`ui.reviewPanelOpen.${window.project_id}`),
       miniReviewPanelVisible: false,
       chatResizerSizeOpen: window.uiConfig.chatResizerSizeOpen,
-      chatResizerSizeClosed: window.uiConfig.chatResizerSizeClosed,
-      defaultFontFamily: window.uiConfig.defaultFontFamily,
-      defaultLineHeight: window.uiConfig.defaultLineHeight
+      chatResizerSizeClosed: window.uiConfig.chatResizerSizeClosed
     }
     $scope.user = window.user