diff --git a/packages/edit-site/src/hooks/use-theme-style-variations/use-theme-style-variations-by-property.js b/packages/edit-site/src/hooks/use-theme-style-variations/use-theme-style-variations-by-property.js
index d14cd8f64b2cc..81a0ec10ed075 100644
--- a/packages/edit-site/src/hooks/use-theme-style-variations/use-theme-style-variations-by-property.js
+++ b/packages/edit-site/src/hooks/use-theme-style-variations/use-theme-style-variations-by-property.js
@@ -160,8 +160,12 @@ export default function useThemeStyleVariationsByProperty( {
 					cloneDeep( variation ),
 					property
 				);
+
 				// Remove variations that are empty once the property is filtered out.
-				if ( Object.keys( variationFilteredByProperty ).length === 0 ) {
+				if (
+					variation.title !== 'Default' &&
+					Object.keys( variationFilteredByProperty ).length === 0
+				) {
 					return accumulator;
 				}