diff --git a/my/courses.php b/my/courses.php
index 0351e413ce4..9b59fc84acb 100644
--- a/my/courses.php
+++ b/my/courses.php
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ $PAGE->set_pagelayout('mycourses');
 $PAGE->has_secondary_navigation_setter(false);
 
 $PAGE->set_pagetype('my-index');
+$PAGE->blocks->add_region('content');
 $PAGE->set_subpage($currentpage->id);
 $PAGE->set_title(get_string('mycourses'));
 $PAGE->set_heading(get_string('mycourses'));
diff --git a/theme/boost/config.php b/theme/boost/config.php
index ee61566f096..ac1c0edbb33 100644
--- a/theme/boost/config.php
+++ b/theme/boost/config.php
@@ -81,8 +81,7 @@ $THEME->layouts = [
     // My courses page.
     'mycourses' => array(
         'file' => 'columns2.php',
-        'regions' => array('content'),
-        'defaultregion' => 'content',
+        'regions' => array()
     ),
     // My dashboard page.
     'mydashboard' => array(
diff --git a/theme/boost/lang/en/theme_boost.php b/theme/boost/lang/en/theme_boost.php
index 438b148d33c..16f509b45d9 100644
--- a/theme/boost/lang/en/theme_boost.php
+++ b/theme/boost/lang/en/theme_boost.php
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ $string['rawscss_desc'] = 'Use this field to provide SCSS or CSS code which will
 $string['rawscsspre'] = 'Raw initial SCSS';
 $string['rawscsspre_desc'] = 'In this field you can provide initialising SCSS code, it will be injected before everything else. Most of the time you will use this setting to define variables.';
 $string['region-side-pre'] = 'Right';
-$string['region-content'] = 'Content';
 $string['showfooter'] = 'Show footer';
 $string['privacy:metadata:preference:draweropennav'] = 'The user\'s preference for hiding or showing the drawer menu navigation.';
 $string['privacy:drawernavclosed'] = 'The current preference for the navigation drawer is closed.';
diff --git a/theme/classic/config.php b/theme/classic/config.php
index a4d584931bd..da07493f375 100644
--- a/theme/classic/config.php
+++ b/theme/classic/config.php
@@ -75,8 +75,7 @@ $THEME->layouts = [
     // My courses page.
     'mycourses' => array(
         'file' => 'columns.php',
-        'regions' => array('content'),
-        'defaultregion' => 'content',
+        'regions' => array()
     ),
     // My dashboard page.
     'mydashboard' => array(