diff --git a/packages/block-library/src/navigation/edit/menu-inspector-controls.js b/packages/block-library/src/navigation/edit/menu-inspector-controls.js
index 9fd4bc3e33d41..4c450b1dda74c 100644
--- a/packages/block-library/src/navigation/edit/menu-inspector-controls.js
+++ b/packages/block-library/src/navigation/edit/menu-inspector-controls.js
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ const MainContent = ( {
 		? sprintf(
 				/* translators: %s: The name of a menu. */
 				__( 'Structure for navigation menu: %s' ),
-				navigationMenu?.title?.rendered || __( 'Untitled menu' )
+				navigationMenu?.title || __( 'Untitled menu' )
 		  )
 		: __(
 				'You have not yet created any menus. Displaying a list of your Pages'
diff --git a/packages/block-library/src/navigation/edit/navigation-menu-selector.js b/packages/block-library/src/navigation/edit/navigation-menu-selector.js
index eebd3987b9b42..6de6927dea837 100644
--- a/packages/block-library/src/navigation/edit/navigation-menu-selector.js
+++ b/packages/block-library/src/navigation/edit/navigation-menu-selector.js
@@ -20,19 +20,19 @@ import useNavigationMenu from '../use-navigation-menu';
 import useNavigationEntities from '../use-navigation-entities';
 
 function buildMenuLabel( title, id, status ) {
-	if ( ! title?.rendered ) {
+	if ( ! title ) {
 		/* translators: %s is the index of the menu in the list of menus. */
 		return sprintf( __( '(no title %s)' ), id );
 	}
 
 	if ( status === 'publish' ) {
-		return decodeEntities( title?.rendered );
+		return decodeEntities( title );
 	}
 
 	return sprintf(
 		// translators: %1s: title of the menu; %2s: status of the menu (draft, pending, etc.).
 		__( '%1$s (%2$s)' ),
-		decodeEntities( title?.rendered ),
+		decodeEntities( title ),
 		status
 	);
 }
@@ -72,7 +72,11 @@ function NavigationMenuSelector( {
 	const menuChoices = useMemo( () => {
 		return (
 			navigationMenus?.map( ( { id, title, status }, index ) => {
-				const label = buildMenuLabel( title, index + 1, status );
+				const label = buildMenuLabel(
+					title?.rendered,
+					index + 1,
+					status
+				);
 
 				return {
 					value: id,
diff --git a/packages/edit-site/src/components/sidebar-navigation-screen-navigation-menu/use-navigation-menu-handlers.js b/packages/edit-site/src/components/sidebar-navigation-screen-navigation-menu/use-navigation-menu-handlers.js
index c7dbf919324f6..07cddc81f85f0 100644
--- a/packages/edit-site/src/components/sidebar-navigation-screen-navigation-menu/use-navigation-menu-handlers.js
+++ b/packages/edit-site/src/components/sidebar-navigation-screen-navigation-menu/use-navigation-menu-handlers.js
@@ -135,8 +135,7 @@ function useDuplicateNavigationMenu() {
 		useDispatch( noticesStore );
 
 	const handleDuplicate = async ( navigationMenu ) => {
-		const menuTitle =
-			navigationMenu?.title?.rendered || navigationMenu?.slug;
+		const menuTitle = navigationMenu?.title || navigationMenu?.slug;
 
 		try {
 			const savedRecord = await saveEntityRecord(
diff --git a/packages/edit-site/src/components/sidebar-navigation-screen-navigation-menus/index.js b/packages/edit-site/src/components/sidebar-navigation-screen-navigation-menus/index.js
index 9d36e956cdca4..c6c91d443947f 100644
--- a/packages/edit-site/src/components/sidebar-navigation-screen-navigation-menus/index.js
+++ b/packages/edit-site/src/components/sidebar-navigation-screen-navigation-menus/index.js
@@ -25,19 +25,19 @@ import { unlock } from '../../lock-unlock';
 
 // Copied from packages/block-library/src/navigation/edit/navigation-menu-selector.js.
 function buildMenuLabel( title, id, status ) {
-	if ( ! title?.rendered ) {
+	if ( ! title ) {
 		/* translators: %s is the index of the menu in the list of menus. */
 		return sprintf( __( '(no title %s)' ), id );
 	}
 
 	if ( status === 'publish' ) {
-		return decodeEntities( title?.rendered );
+		return decodeEntities( title );
 	}
 
 	return sprintf(
 		// translators: %1s: title of the menu; %2s: status of the menu (draft, pending, etc.).
 		__( '%1$s (%2$s)' ),
-		decodeEntities( title?.rendered ),
+		decodeEntities( title ),
 		status
 	);
 }
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ export default function SidebarNavigationScreenNavigationMenus() {
 						withChevron
 						icon={ navigation }
 					>
-						{ buildMenuLabel( title, index + 1, status ) }
+						{ buildMenuLabel( title?.rendered, index + 1, status ) }
 					</NavMenuItem>
 				) ) }
 			</ItemGroup>
diff --git a/packages/edit-site/src/components/sidebar-navigation-screen-pattern/template-part-navigation-menu.js b/packages/edit-site/src/components/sidebar-navigation-screen-pattern/template-part-navigation-menu.js
index c5b9450ac7d8f..a124c4163fc54 100644
--- a/packages/edit-site/src/components/sidebar-navigation-screen-pattern/template-part-navigation-menu.js
+++ b/packages/edit-site/src/components/sidebar-navigation-screen-pattern/template-part-navigation-menu.js
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export default function TemplatePartNavigationMenu( { id } ) {
 				upperCase={ true }
 				weight={ 500 }
 			>
-				{ title?.rendered || title || __( 'Navigation' ) }
+				{ title || __( 'Navigation' ) }
 			</Heading>
 			<NavigationMenuEditor navigationMenuId={ id } />
 		</>