diff --git a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/admin/description-template/editor/components/composite-field/description-template-editor-composite-field.component.html b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/admin/description-template/editor/components/composite-field/description-template-editor-composite-field.component.html
index 9671d9cc0..6a99ac575 100644
--- a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/admin/description-template/editor/components/composite-field/description-template-editor-composite-field.component.html
+++ b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/admin/description-template/editor/components/composite-field/description-template-editor-composite-field.component.html
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 				<input [ngClass]="{'text-danger':form.get('title').invalid &&form.get('title').touched}" matInput type="text" [value]="numbering" disabled>
 			</mat-form-field> -->
 			<div class="col pl-0">
-				<mat-form-field class="w-100 field-title" floatLabel="never">
+				<mat-form-field class="w-100 field-title not-outlined-form-field" floatLabel="never">
 					<textarea matInput type="text" [placeholder]="('DESCRIPTION-TEMPLATE-EDITOR.STEPS.GENERAL-INFO.UNTITLED' | translate)+' '+('DESCRIPTION-TEMPLATE-EDITOR.STEPS.GENERAL-INFO.QUESTION'| translate)" #titleControl="matInput" [formControl]="this.form.get('title')" class="question-title"></textarea>
 					<mat-error *ngIf="this.form.get('title').hasError('backendError')">{{form.get('title').getError('backendError').message}}</mat-error>
 				</mat-form-field>
diff --git a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/admin/description-template/editor/components/composite-field/description-template-editor-composite-field.component.scss b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/admin/description-template/editor/components/composite-field/description-template-editor-composite-field.component.scss
index b1c788966..3756c95a6 100644
--- a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/admin/description-template/editor/components/composite-field/description-template-editor-composite-field.component.scss
+++ b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/admin/description-template/editor/components/composite-field/description-template-editor-composite-field.component.scss
@@ -167,6 +167,6 @@ $blue-color-light: #5cf7f2;
     font-size: 21px;
 }
 
-::ng-deep .mdc-text-field--outlined .mdc-notched-outline {
+::ng-deep .not-outlined-form-field > .mdc-text-field--outlined .mdc-notched-outline {
 	display: none;
 }