diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 202d1cad9ea79cf3f821e4f02d3e96d219787d29..fa3dd35e78eb0cfa308e35c3b0821756216d589b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ Drupal 7.51, xxxx-xx-xx (development version)
   used as an admin theme.
 - Exceptions thrown in dblog_watchdog() are now caught and ignored.
 - Clarified the warning that appears when modules are missing or have moved.
-- If the page title is "0", it is now displayed.
 - Log messages are now XSS filtered on display.
 - Draggable tables do now work on touch screen devices.
 - Added setting for allowing double underscores in CSS identifiers.
diff --git a/includes/theme.inc b/includes/theme.inc
index 8f929ac2142a6d7b7c2405be95f40949489298b3..9b606e9fb199cd395e64739c3fcbaf56e2037294 100644
--- a/includes/theme.inc
+++ b/includes/theme.inc
@@ -2597,10 +2597,9 @@ function template_preprocess_html(&$variables) {
   }
 
   // Construct page title.
-  $title = drupal_get_title();
-  if (strlen(trim($title))) {
+  if (drupal_get_title()) {
     $head_title = array(
-      'title' => strip_tags($title),
+      'title' => strip_tags(drupal_get_title()),
       'name' => check_plain(variable_get('site_name', 'Drupal')),
     );
   }
@@ -2699,8 +2698,7 @@ function template_process_page(&$variables) {
     $variables['breadcrumb'] = theme('breadcrumb', array('breadcrumb' => drupal_get_breadcrumb()));
   }
   if (!isset($variables['title'])) {
-    $title = drupal_get_title();
-    $variables['title'] = strlen(trim($title)) ? $title : NULL;
+    $variables['title'] = drupal_get_title();
   }
 
   // Generate messages last in order to capture as many as possible for the
diff --git a/modules/node/node.test b/modules/node/node.test
index 8ec01a41f654ef7ea6ce202dbad2b6d3d171bf37..e8eb459e3bb876146c62980fa1dd91a37aa6ebca 100644
--- a/modules/node/node.test
+++ b/modules/node/node.test
@@ -1943,32 +1943,6 @@ class NodeTitleTestCase extends DrupalWebTestCase {
     // Test node title is clickable on teaser list (/node).
     $this->drupalGet('node');
     $this->clickLink($node->title);
-
-    // Test edge cases.
-    // When node title is set to 0, the title should be '0'.
-    $node = $this->drupalCreateNode(array('title' => '0'));
-    $this->drupalGet('node/' . $node->nid);
-    $this->assertTitle('0' . ' | Drupal', 'Page title is equal to 0.', 'Node');
-    // Test that 0 appears in the template <h1>.
-    $xpath = '//h1[@id="page-title"]';
-    $this->assertEqual(trim(current($this->xpath($xpath))),
-      '0',
-      'Node title is displayed as 0.',
-      'Node');
-
-    // When node title is empty string, the h1 doesn't show up.
-    $node = $this->drupalCreateNode(array('title' => ''));
-    $this->drupalGet('node/' . $node->nid);
-    $this->assertTitle('Drupal', '', 'Node');
-    $xpath = '//h1[@id="page-title"]';
-    $this->assertIdentical(count($this->xpath($xpath)), 0);
-
-    // When node title is string with only spaces, the h1 doesn't show up.
-    $node = $this->drupalCreateNode(array('title' => '   '));
-    $this->drupalGet('node/' . $node->nid);
-    $this->assertTitle('Drupal', '', 'Node');
-    $xpath = '//h1[@id="page-title"]';
-    $this->assertIdentical(count($this->xpath($xpath)), 0);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/modules/system/page.tpl.php b/modules/system/page.tpl.php
index a844092dab19d9ef2d88537875773ad8172dd083..bd61489e0f8beac69b14f8cc3987715764b22b48 100644
--- a/modules/system/page.tpl.php
+++ b/modules/system/page.tpl.php
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
       <?php if ($site_name || $site_slogan): ?>
         <div id="name-and-slogan">
           <?php if ($site_name): ?>
-            <?php if (isset($title)): ?>
+            <?php if ($title): ?>
               <div id="site-name"><strong>
                 <a href="<?php print $front_page; ?>" title="<?php print t('Home'); ?>" rel="home"><span><?php print $site_name; ?></span></a>
               </strong></div>
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
         <?php if ($page['highlighted']): ?><div id="highlighted"><?php print render($page['highlighted']); ?></div><?php endif; ?>
         <a id="main-content"></a>
         <?php print render($title_prefix); ?>
-        <?php if (isset($title)): ?><h1 class="title" id="page-title"><?php print $title; ?></h1><?php endif; ?>
+        <?php if ($title): ?><h1 class="title" id="page-title"><?php print $title; ?></h1><?php endif; ?>
         <?php print render($title_suffix); ?>
         <?php if ($tabs): ?><div class="tabs"><?php print render($tabs); ?></div><?php endif; ?>
         <?php print render($page['help']); ?>
diff --git a/themes/bartik/templates/page.tpl.php b/themes/bartik/templates/page.tpl.php
index a9097645bdc613cb4c207c3c5e67ea9e996ac91e..62f58d73e1fbbfcd733c81df30e1c4f336de6eb6 100644
--- a/themes/bartik/templates/page.tpl.php
+++ b/themes/bartik/templates/page.tpl.php
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
       <div id="name-and-slogan"<?php if ($hide_site_name && $hide_site_slogan) { print ' class="element-invisible"'; } ?>>
 
         <?php if ($site_name): ?>
-          <?php if (isset($title)): ?>
+          <?php if ($title): ?>
             <div id="site-name"<?php if ($hide_site_name) { print ' class="element-invisible"'; } ?>>
               <strong>
                 <a href="<?php print $front_page; ?>" title="<?php print t('Home'); ?>" rel="home"><span><?php print $site_name; ?></span></a>
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@
       <?php if ($page['highlighted']): ?><div id="highlighted"><?php print render($page['highlighted']); ?></div><?php endif; ?>
       <a id="main-content"></a>
       <?php print render($title_prefix); ?>
-      <?php if (isset($title)): ?>
+      <?php if ($title): ?>
         <h1 class="title" id="page-title">
           <?php print $title; ?>
         </h1>
diff --git a/themes/garland/page.tpl.php b/themes/garland/page.tpl.php
index ae5b0c3552816a9a7e609256be8fbb4cefefcb05..326255cd4ef894a9dcbf6ecf23cae5d76143e51a 100644
--- a/themes/garland/page.tpl.php
+++ b/themes/garland/page.tpl.php
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
       <div id="header">
         <div id="logo-floater">
         <?php if ($logo || $site_title): ?>
-          <?php if (isset($title)): ?>
+          <?php if ($title): ?>
             <div id="branding"><strong><a href="<?php print $front_page ?>">
             <?php if ($logo): ?>
               <img src="<?php print $logo ?>" alt="<?php print $site_name_and_slogan ?>" title="<?php print $site_name_and_slogan ?>" id="logo" />
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
           <a id="main-content"></a>
           <?php if ($tabs): ?><div id="tabs-wrapper" class="clearfix"><?php endif; ?>
           <?php print render($title_prefix); ?>
-          <?php if (isset($title)): ?>
+          <?php if ($title): ?>
             <h1<?php print $tabs ? ' class="with-tabs"' : '' ?>><?php print $title ?></h1>
           <?php endif; ?>
           <?php print render($title_suffix); ?>
diff --git a/themes/seven/page.tpl.php b/themes/seven/page.tpl.php
index 32de3fbc725e45b1fc032a1cf118c0ec0780dd29..6ab3ae8417c9366bc348c93fb7a2aa40536cf4af 100644
--- a/themes/seven/page.tpl.php
+++ b/themes/seven/page.tpl.php
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   <div id="branding" class="clearfix">
     <?php print $breadcrumb; ?>
     <?php print render($title_prefix); ?>
-    <?php if (isset($title)): ?>
+    <?php if ($title): ?>
       <h1 class="page-title"><?php print $title; ?></h1>
     <?php endif; ?>
     <?php print render($title_suffix); ?>