diff --git a/core/modules/widgets/let.js b/core/modules/widgets/let.js
index dd3aa137aa..afd3a2f204 100644
--- a/core/modules/widgets/let.js
+++ b/core/modules/widgets/let.js
@@ -74,9 +74,7 @@ LetWidget.prototype.getVariableInfo = function(name,options) {
 			text: this.currentValueFor[name]
 		};
 	}
-	return Widget.prototype.getVariableInfo.call(this,name,$tw.utils.extend(Object.create(null),options,{
-		defaultValue: ""
-	}));
+	return Widget.prototype.getVariableInfo.call(this,name,options);
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/editions/test/tiddlers/tests/data/widgets/LetWidgetSelfReferences.tid b/editions/test/tiddlers/tests/data/widgets/LetWidgetSelfReferences.tid
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b81fc7d756
--- /dev/null
+++ b/editions/test/tiddlers/tests/data/widgets/LetWidgetSelfReferences.tid
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+title: Widgets/LetWidgetSelfReferences
+description: Test let widget self references
+type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki-multiple
+tags: [[$:/tags/wiki-test-spec]]
+
+title: Output
+
+\whitespace trim
+<$let default={{{ [[default]is[variable]then[aa]else[bb]] }}} >
+<<default>>
+</$let>
++
+title: ExpectedResult
+
+<p>bb</p>
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