diff --git a/packages/block-library/src/navigation/index.php b/packages/block-library/src/navigation/index.php
index f096dd9763fde..3c557f265b730 100644
--- a/packages/block-library/src/navigation/index.php
+++ b/packages/block-library/src/navigation/index.php
@@ -218,8 +218,7 @@ function( $block ) {
 
 	// If there are no inner blocks then fallback to rendering the Page List block.
 	if ( empty( $inner_blocks ) ) {
-		$is_fallback                      = true; // indicate we are rendering the fallback.
-		$attributes['__unstableMaxPages'] = 4; // set value to be passed as context to Page List block.
+		$is_fallback = true; // indicate we are rendering the fallback.
 
 		$navigation_posts = get_posts(
 			array(