diff --git a/src/message.js b/src/message.js
index ebeee94f..96717b51 100644
--- a/src/message.js
+++ b/src/message.js
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ export class Message {
   /**
    * Creates new message object from text.
    * @param {String | ReadableStream<String>} text
-   * @param {String} [filename="msg.txt"]
+   * @param {String} [filename=""]
    * @param {Date} [date=current date]
    * @param {utf8|binary|text|mime} [type] - Data packet type
    * @returns {Message} New message object.
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ export class Message {
   /**
    * Creates new message object from binary data.
    * @param {Uint8Array | ReadableStream<Uint8Array>} bytes
-   * @param {String} [filename="msg.txt"]
+   * @param {String} [filename=""]
    * @param {Date} [date=current date]
    * @param {utf8|binary|text|mime} [type] - Data packet type
    * @returns {Message} New message object.
diff --git a/src/packet/literal_data.js b/src/packet/literal_data.js
index f1131994..03c0eba3 100644
--- a/src/packet/literal_data.js
+++ b/src/packet/literal_data.js
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class LiteralDataPacket {
     this.date = util.normalizeDate(date);
     this.text = null; // textual data representation
     this.data = null; // literal data representation
-    this.filename = 'msg.txt';
+    this.filename = '';
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/test/general/streaming.js b/test/general/streaming.js
index 21fdb5a8..fc4f96b4 100644
--- a/test/general/streaming.js
+++ b/test/general/streaming.js
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ function tests() {
     openpgp.config.allowUnauthenticatedStream = true;
     try {
       const encrypted = await openpgp.encrypt({
-        message: openpgp.Message.fromBinary(data),
+        message: openpgp.Message.fromBinary(data, 'msg.bin'),
         passwords: ['test']
       });
       expect(openpgp.stream.isStream(encrypted)).to.equal(expectedType);