diff --git a/lib/utils/settings.js b/lib/utils/settings.js
index 13eae5c0f1..ac52b49610 100644
--- a/lib/utils/settings.js
+++ b/lib/utils/settings.js
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ export const setCancelSyntheticClickEvents = function(useCancelSyntheticClickEve
  * eliminates most of the tax of needing two elements due to the loss of 
  * type-extended templates as a result of the V1 specification changes.
  */
-export let removeNestedTemplates = true;
+export let removeNestedTemplates = false;
 
 /**
  * Sets `removeNestedTemplates` globally, to eliminate nested templates
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ export const setRemoveNestedTemplates = function(useCemoveNestedTemplates) {
  * such as `modelForElement` will not be available for nodes stamped by
  * `dom-if`.
  */
-export let fastDomIf = true;
+export let fastDomIf = false;
 
 /**
  * Sets `fastDomIf` globally, to put `dom-if` in a performance-optimized mode.