diff --git a/subsystems/forms/controls/genericcontrol.php b/subsystems/forms/controls/genericcontrol.php
index 2bc00c4027..133022ea15 100644
--- a/subsystems/forms/controls/genericcontrol.php
+++ b/subsystems/forms/controls/genericcontrol.php
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ function controlToHTML($name, $label) {
 
         if (!empty($this->readonly)) $html .= ' readonly="readonly"';
 
-        $caption = isset($this->caption) ? $this->caption : str_replace(array(":","*"), "", ucwords($label));
+        $caption = $this->caption;
         if (!empty($this->required)) $html .= ' required="'.rawurlencode($this->default).'" caption="'.$caption.'" ';
         if (!empty($this->onclick)) $html .= ' onclick="'.$this->onclick.'" ';
         if (!empty($this->onchange)) $html .= ' onchange="'.$this->onchange.'" ';