diff --git a/mod/scorm/datamodels/scorm_12.js.php b/mod/scorm/datamodels/scorm_12.js.php
index 8d466a4695b..5e6549a5546 100644
--- a/mod/scorm/datamodels/scorm_12.js.php
+++ b/mod/scorm/datamodels/scorm_12.js.php
@@ -578,7 +578,6 @@ function SCORMapi1_2() {
                                 }
                             } else {
                                 datastring += elementstring;
-                                eval('datamodel["'+elementmodel+'"].defaultvalue=data[property];');
                             }
                         }
                     }