diff --git a/app/src/frontend/building/data-containers/age.tsx b/app/src/frontend/building/data-containers/age.tsx
index 8e247183..0303acb6 100644
--- a/app/src/frontend/building/data-containers/age.tsx
+++ b/app/src/frontend/building/data-containers/age.tsx
@@ -113,7 +113,6 @@ const AgeView: React.FunctionComponent<CategoryViewProps> = (props) => {
                 copy={props.copy}
                 onChange={props.onChange}
                 tooltip={dataFields.date_source.tooltip}
-                placeholder=""
                 options={dataFields.date_source.items}
                 placeholder={dataFields.date_source.example}
                 />