diff --git a/backport-changelog/6.6/6601.md b/backport-changelog/6.6/6601.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..43847eb2d1f37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backport-changelog/6.6/6601.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/pull/6601
+
+* https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/61844
diff --git a/lib/block-editor-settings.php b/lib/block-editor-settings.php
index 53668e114e04c..d98f5d0a94dbb 100644
--- a/lib/block-editor-settings.php
+++ b/lib/block-editor-settings.php
@@ -146,6 +146,8 @@ function gutenberg_get_block_editor_settings( $settings ) {
 			);
 	}
 
+	$settings['defaultRenderingMode'] = 'post-only';
+
 	return $settings;
 }
 add_filter( 'block_editor_settings_all', 'gutenberg_get_block_editor_settings', 0 );
diff --git a/packages/edit-post/src/editor.js b/packages/edit-post/src/editor.js
index 378265c192778..f31fbed87cebd 100644
--- a/packages/edit-post/src/editor.js
+++ b/packages/edit-post/src/editor.js
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ function Editor( {
 			...settings,
 			onNavigateToEntityRecord,
 			onNavigateToPreviousEntityRecord,
-			defaultRenderingMode: 'post-only',
 		} ),
 		[ settings, onNavigateToEntityRecord, onNavigateToPreviousEntityRecord ]
 	);
diff --git a/packages/editor/src/store/defaults.js b/packages/editor/src/store/defaults.js
index e4f86b3a7dfb2..999f16e2d39bb 100644
--- a/packages/editor/src/store/defaults.js
+++ b/packages/editor/src/store/defaults.js
@@ -29,5 +29,4 @@ export const EDITOR_SETTINGS_DEFAULTS = {
 	codeEditingEnabled: true,
 	fontLibraryEnabled: true,
 	enableCustomFields: undefined,
-	defaultRenderingMode: 'post-only',
 };