diff --git a/src/playground/player.jsx b/src/playground/player.jsx
index 8224ad648..ae4cba1c9 100644
--- a/src/playground/player.jsx
+++ b/src/playground/player.jsx
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import Box from '../components/box/box.jsx';
 import GUI from '../containers/gui.jsx';
 import HashParserHOC from '../lib/hash-parser-hoc.jsx';
 import AppStateHOC from '../lib/app-state-hoc.jsx';
-import TitledHOC from '../lib/titled-hoc.jsx';
 
 import {setPlayer} from '../reducers/mode';
 
@@ -24,6 +23,7 @@ const Player = ({isPlayerOnly, onSeeInside, projectId}) => (
     <Box className={classNames(isPlayerOnly ? styles.stageOnly : styles.editor)}>
         {isPlayerOnly && <button onClick={onSeeInside}>{'See inside'}</button>}
         <GUI
+            canEditTitle
             enableCommunity
             isPlayerOnly={isPlayerOnly}
             projectId={projectId}
@@ -55,8 +55,7 @@ const ConnectedPlayer = connect(
 // ability to compose reducers.
 const WrappedPlayer = compose(
     AppStateHOC,
-    HashParserHOC,
-    TitledHOC
+    HashParserHOC
 )(ConnectedPlayer);
 
 const appTarget = document.createElement('div');
diff --git a/src/playground/render-gui.jsx b/src/playground/render-gui.jsx
index 78a79b6ee..2f5ccc8a7 100644
--- a/src/playground/render-gui.jsx
+++ b/src/playground/render-gui.jsx
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import {compose} from 'redux';
 import AppStateHOC from '../lib/app-state-hoc.jsx';
 import GUI from '../containers/gui.jsx';
 import HashParserHOC from '../lib/hash-parser-hoc.jsx';
-import TitledHOC from '../lib/titled-hoc.jsx';
 import log from '../lib/log.js';
 
 const onClickLogo = () => {
@@ -37,8 +36,7 @@ export default appTarget => {
     // ability to compose reducers.
     const WrappedGui = compose(
         AppStateHOC,
-        HashParserHOC,
-        TitledHOC
+        HashParserHOC
     )(GUI);
 
     // TODO a hack for testing the backpack, allow backpack host to be set by url param
@@ -67,6 +65,7 @@ export default appTarget => {
         // important: this is checking whether `simulateScratchDesktop` is truthy, not just defined!
         simulateScratchDesktop ?
             <WrappedGui
+                canEditTitle
                 isScratchDesktop
                 showTelemetryModal
                 canSave={false}