diff --git a/Products/CMFPlone/tests/testPortalCreation.py b/Products/CMFPlone/tests/testPortalCreation.py
index ae33a046e9..8c297b9995 100644
--- a/Products/CMFPlone/tests/testPortalCreation.py
+++ b/Products/CMFPlone/tests/testPortalCreation.py
@@ -270,7 +270,6 @@ def testNewsFolder(self):
         self.assertTrue('news' in self.portal.objectIds())
         folder = getattr(self.portal, 'news')
         self.assertEqual(folder.portal_type, 'Folder')
-        self.assertEqual(folder._ordering, 'unordered')
         self.assertEqual(folder.getDefaultPage(), 'aggregator')
         self.assertEqual(folder.immediately_addable_types, ['News Item'])
 
@@ -278,7 +277,6 @@ def testEventsFolder(self):
         self.assertTrue('events' in self.portal.objectIds())
         folder = getattr(self.portal, 'events')
         self.assertEqual(folder.portal_type, 'Folder')
-        self.assertEqual(folder._ordering, 'unordered')
         self.assertEqual(folder.getDefaultPage(), 'aggregator')
         self.assertEqual(folder.immediately_addable_types, ['Event'])
 
diff --git a/news/3143.bugfix b/news/3143.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bd545bb1f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/3143.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+- Don't create unordered news and events folder by default. Unordered folders make next/prev navigation at plone.restapi don't work.
+  [rodfersou]