diff --git a/src/Bridge/Doctrine/MongoDbOdm/Extension/OrderExtension.php b/src/Bridge/Doctrine/MongoDbOdm/Extension/OrderExtension.php
index a46e3a2e085..561597a4599 100644
--- a/src/Bridge/Doctrine/MongoDbOdm/Extension/OrderExtension.php
+++ b/src/Bridge/Doctrine/MongoDbOdm/Extension/OrderExtension.php
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public function applyToCollection(Builder $aggregationBuilder, string $resourceC
             if (empty($defaultOrder)) {
                 $defaultOrder = $this->resourceMetadataFactory->create($resourceClass)->getAttribute('order');
             }
-            if (\is_array($defaultOrder)) {
+            if (null !== $defaultOrder) {
                 foreach ($defaultOrder as $field => $order) {
                     if (\is_int($field)) {
                         // Default direction
diff --git a/src/Bridge/Doctrine/Orm/Extension/OrderExtension.php b/src/Bridge/Doctrine/Orm/Extension/OrderExtension.php
index a149d752740..b9486857dea 100644
--- a/src/Bridge/Doctrine/Orm/Extension/OrderExtension.php
+++ b/src/Bridge/Doctrine/Orm/Extension/OrderExtension.php
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ public function applyToCollection(QueryBuilder $queryBuilder, QueryNameGenerator
             if (empty($defaultOrder)) {
                 $defaultOrder = $this->resourceMetadataFactory->create($resourceClass)->getAttribute('order');
             }
-            if (\is_array($defaultOrder)) {
+            if (null !== $defaultOrder) {
                 foreach ($defaultOrder as $field => $order) {
                     if (\is_int($field)) {
                         // Default direction
diff --git a/src/Bridge/Symfony/Bundle/DependencyInjection/ApiPlatformExtension.php b/src/Bridge/Symfony/Bundle/DependencyInjection/ApiPlatformExtension.php
index 0d57428d3a9..cf47b7e8f9d 100644
--- a/src/Bridge/Symfony/Bundle/DependencyInjection/ApiPlatformExtension.php
+++ b/src/Bridge/Symfony/Bundle/DependencyInjection/ApiPlatformExtension.php
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ private function registerCommonConfiguration(ContainerBuilder $container, array
         $container->setParameter('api_platform.eager_loading.fetch_partial', $config['eager_loading']['fetch_partial']);
         $container->setParameter('api_platform.eager_loading.force_eager', $config['eager_loading']['force_eager']);
         $container->setParameter('api_platform.collection.exists_parameter_name', $config['collection']['exists_parameter_name']);
-        $container->setParameter('api_platform.collection.order', $config['defaults']['order'] ?? $config['collection']['order']);
+        $container->setParameter('api_platform.collection.order', $config['collection']['order']);
         $container->setParameter('api_platform.collection.order_parameter_name', $config['collection']['order_parameter_name']);
         $container->setParameter('api_platform.collection.pagination.enabled', $config['defaults']['pagination_enabled'] ?? $this->isConfigEnabled($container, $config['collection']['pagination']));
         $container->setParameter('api_platform.collection.pagination.partial', $config['defaults']['pagination_partial'] ?? $config['collection']['pagination']['partial']);
diff --git a/tests/Fixtures/app/config/config_common.yml b/tests/Fixtures/app/config/config_common.yml
index 3e75a29823f..35930cb5a12 100644
--- a/tests/Fixtures/app/config/config_common.yml
+++ b/tests/Fixtures/app/config/config_common.yml
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ api_platform:
         pagination_client_items_per_page:     true
         pagination_client_partial:            true
         pagination_items_per_page:            3
-        order:                                'ASC'
         cache_headers:
             max_age:                          60
             shared_max_age:                   3600