diff --git a/pkg/services/alerting/notifiers/slack.go b/pkg/services/alerting/notifiers/slack.go
index edb63c90b5f..2d78952b5b4 100644
--- a/pkg/services/alerting/notifiers/slack.go
+++ b/pkg/services/alerting/notifiers/slack.go
@@ -299,7 +299,6 @@ func (sn *SlackNotifier) Notify(evalContext *alerting.EvalContext) error {
 	}
 	body := map[string]interface{}{
 		"channel": sn.recipient,
-		"text":    evalContext.GetNotificationTitle(),
 		"attachments": []map[string]interface{}{
 			attachment,
 		},