diff --git a/components/com_content/tmpl/category/default.xml b/components/com_content/tmpl/category/default.xml
index ff210b53a8dc6..ffd671b232cf1 100644
--- a/components/com_content/tmpl/category/default.xml
+++ b/components/com_content/tmpl/category/default.xml
@@ -147,7 +147,6 @@
 				label="JGLOBAL_SHOW_SUBCATEGORIES_IMAGE_LABEL"
 				useglobal="true"
 				class="form-select-color-state"
-				default="0"
 				>
 				<option value="0">JHIDE</option>
 				<option value="1">JSHOW</option>
diff --git a/components/com_content/tmpl/category/default_children.php b/components/com_content/tmpl/category/default_children.php
index 8077f94cf65c6..e3ec5e7954cc2 100644
--- a/components/com_content/tmpl/category/default_children.php
+++ b/components/com_content/tmpl/category/default_children.php
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     <?php foreach ($this->children[$this->category->id] as $id => $child) : ?>
         <?php // Check whether category access level allows access to subcategories. ?>
         <?php if (in_array($child->access, $groups)) : ?>
-            <?php $childParams = new \Joomla\Registry\Registry($child->params); ?>
+            <?php $childParams = $child->getParams(); ?>
             <?php if ($this->params->get('show_empty_categories') || $child->getNumItems(true) || count($child->getChildren())) : ?>
             <div class="com-content-category__children">
                 <?php if ($lang->isRtl()) : ?>