diff --git a/src/core/server/saved_objects/saved_objects_config.ts b/src/core/server/saved_objects/saved_objects_config.ts
index 0885a52078f5cb..82db64daf2bd3e 100644
--- a/src/core/server/saved_objects/saved_objects_config.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/saved_objects/saved_objects_config.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export const savedObjectsMigrationConfig = {
     pollInterval: schema.number({ defaultValue: 1500 }),
     skip: schema.boolean({ defaultValue: false }),
     // TODO migrationsV2: remove/deprecate once we release migrations v2
-    enableV2: schema.boolean({ defaultValue: true }),
+    enableV2: schema.boolean({ defaultValue: false }),
   }),
 };