diff --git a/src/traces/treemap/defaults.js b/src/traces/treemap/defaults.js
index 2800345b976..e08b84d066b 100644
--- a/src/traces/treemap/defaults.js
+++ b/src/traces/treemap/defaults.js
@@ -85,10 +85,6 @@ module.exports = function supplyDefaults(traceIn, traceOut, defaultColor, layout
     coerce('marker.pad.r', headerSize / 4);
     coerce('marker.pad.b', bottomText ? headerSize : headerSize / 4);
 
-    if(withColorscale) {
-        colorscaleDefaults(traceIn, traceOut, layout, coerce, {prefix: 'marker.', cLetter: 'c'});
-    }
-
     traceOut._hovered = {
         marker: {
             line: {