diff --git a/changes/139.removal.rst b/changes/139.removal.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..db7e079
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/139.removal.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+The 'default' parameter for Choice has been deprecated.
diff --git a/src/travertino/declaration.py b/src/travertino/declaration.py
index 99c556f..b731239 100644
--- a/src/travertino/declaration.py
+++ b/src/travertino/declaration.py
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
+from warnings import filterwarnings, warn
+
 from .colors import color
 
+# Make sure deprecation warnings are shown by default
+filterwarnings("default", category=DeprecationWarning)
+
 
 class Choices:
     "A class to define allowable data types for a property"
@@ -7,14 +12,21 @@ class Choices:
     def __init__(
         self,
         *constants,
-        default=False,
+        default=None,  # DEPRECATED
         string=False,
         integer=False,
         number=False,
         color=False,
     ):
+        if default is not None:
+            warn(
+                "The `default` argument to Choices.__init__ is deprecated. "
+                "Providing no initial value to a property using it is sufficient.",
+                DeprecationWarning,
+                stacklevel=2,
+            )
+
         self.constants = set(constants)
-        self.default = default
 
         self.string = string
         self.integer = integer
@@ -32,9 +44,6 @@ def __init__(
             self._options.append("<color>")
 
     def validate(self, value):
-        if self.default:
-            if value is None:
-                return None
         if self.string:
             try:
                 return value.strip()
diff --git a/tests/test_choices.py b/tests/test_choices.py
index 6e62842..4bb8f85 100644
--- a/tests/test_choices.py
+++ b/tests/test_choices.py
@@ -396,3 +396,7 @@ def __init__(self):
         # Both equality and instance checking should work.
         self.assertEqual(obj.prop, TOP)
         self.assertIs(obj.prop, TOP)
+
+    def test_deprecated_default(self):
+        with self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning):
+            Choices(default=True)
diff --git a/tests/test_declaration.py b/tests/test_declaration.py
index 043d114..debdf49 100644
--- a/tests/test_declaration.py
+++ b/tests/test_declaration.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 VALUE2 = "value2"
 VALUE3 = "value3"
 VALUE_CHOICES = Choices(VALUE1, VALUE2, VALUE3, None, integer=True)
-DEFAULT_VALUE_CHOICES = Choices(VALUE1, VALUE2, VALUE3, integer=True, default=True)
+DEFAULT_VALUE_CHOICES = Choices(VALUE1, VALUE2, VALUE3, integer=True)
 
 
 class Style(BaseStyle):