diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Kafka/Kafka.node.ts b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Kafka/Kafka.node.ts
index 473103d4ec..55bd5dc735 100644
--- a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Kafka/Kafka.node.ts
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Kafka/Kafka.node.ts
@@ -95,7 +95,8 @@ export class Kafka implements INodeType {
 						],
 					},
 				},
-				default: 'https://schema-registry-domain:8081',
+				placeholder: 'https://schema-registry-domain:8081',
+				default: '',
 				description: 'URL of the schema registry.',
 			},
 			{
diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Kafka/KafkaTrigger.node.ts b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Kafka/KafkaTrigger.node.ts
index a6ffb37c96..7640bcd7fc 100644
--- a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Kafka/KafkaTrigger.node.ts
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Kafka/KafkaTrigger.node.ts
@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ export class KafkaTrigger implements INodeType {
 						],
 					},
 				},
-				default: 'https://schema-registry-domain:8081',
+				placeholder: 'https://schema-registry-domain:8081',
+				default: '',
 				description: 'URL of the schema registry.',
 			},
 			{