diff --git a/src/test/testAlternateMergeSchemas.ts b/src/test/testAlternateMergeSchemas.ts
index 641a50a5926..6b728b5297a 100644
--- a/src/test/testAlternateMergeSchemas.ts
+++ b/src/test/testAlternateMergeSchemas.ts
@@ -547,12 +547,12 @@ type Property {
 
 type Query {
   propertyById(id: ID!): Property
-  properties(limit: Int = null): [Property!]
+  properties(limit: Int): [Property!]
   contextTest(key: String!): String
   dateTimeTest: DateTime
-  jsonTest(input: JSON = null): JSON
-  interfaceTest(kind: TestInterfaceKind = null): TestInterface
-  unionTest(output: String = null): TestUnion
+  jsonTest(input: JSON): JSON
+  interfaceTest(kind: TestInterfaceKind): TestInterface
+  unionTest(output: String): TestUnion
   errorTest: String
   errorTestNonNull: String!
   relay: Query!
diff --git a/src/transformInputValue.ts b/src/transformInputValue.ts
index f293d625c8e..26ea921753e 100644
--- a/src/transformInputValue.ts
+++ b/src/transformInputValue.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ type InputValueTransformer = (type: GraphQLEnumType | GraphQLScalarType, origina
 
 export function transformInputValue(type: GraphQLInputType, value: any, transformer: InputValueTransformer) {
   if (value == null) {
-    return null;
+    return value;
   }
 
   const nullableType = getNullableType(type);