diff --git a/Configuration/TCA/tx_news_domain_model_link.php b/Configuration/TCA/tx_news_domain_model_link.php
index c5855d3604..9a05c82e95 100644
--- a/Configuration/TCA/tx_news_domain_model_link.php
+++ b/Configuration/TCA/tx_news_domain_model_link.php
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
         'translationSource' => 'l10n_source',
         'versioningWS' => true,
         'origUid' => 't3_origuid',
-        'default_sortby' => 'ORDER BY sorting',
         'sortby' => 'sorting',
         'delete' => 'deleted',
         'enablecolumns' => [
diff --git a/Configuration/TCA/tx_news_domain_model_news.php b/Configuration/TCA/tx_news_domain_model_news.php
index fb1c4afc1a..fee7ac375f 100644
--- a/Configuration/TCA/tx_news_domain_model_news.php
+++ b/Configuration/TCA/tx_news_domain_model_news.php
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
         'transOrigPointerField' => 'l10n_parent',
         'transOrigDiffSourceField' => 'l10n_diffsource',
         'translationSource' => 'l10n_source',
-        'default_sortby' => 'ORDER BY datetime DESC',
+        'default_sortby' => 'datetime DESC',
         'sortby' => ($configuration->getManualSorting() ? 'sorting' : ''),
         'delete' => 'deleted',
         'enablecolumns' => [
diff --git a/Configuration/TCA/tx_news_domain_model_tag.php b/Configuration/TCA/tx_news_domain_model_tag.php
index 8ddb972d22..a67abef464 100644
--- a/Configuration/TCA/tx_news_domain_model_tag.php
+++ b/Configuration/TCA/tx_news_domain_model_tag.php
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
         'transOrigPointerField' => 'l10n_parent',
         'transOrigDiffSourceField' => 'l10n_diffsource',
         'translationSource' => 'l10n_source',
-        'default_sortby' => 'ORDER BY title',
+        'default_sortby' => 'title',
         'delete' => 'deleted',
         'enablecolumns' => [
             'disabled' => 'hidden',