diff --git a/hudi-client/hudi-spark-client/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/table/functional/TestHoodieSparkMergeOnReadTableRollback.java b/hudi-client/hudi-spark-client/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/table/functional/TestHoodieSparkMergeOnReadTableRollback.java
index d359997b75756..5eee26276484c 100644
--- a/hudi-client/hudi-spark-client/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/table/functional/TestHoodieSparkMergeOnReadTableRollback.java
+++ b/hudi-client/hudi-spark-client/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/table/functional/TestHoodieSparkMergeOnReadTableRollback.java
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ void testCOWToMORConvertedTableRollback(boolean rollbackUsingMarkers) throws Exc
   @ValueSource(booleans = {true, false})
   void testRollbackWithDeltaAndCompactionCommit(boolean rollbackUsingMarkers) throws Exception {
     HoodieWriteConfig.Builder cfgBuilder = getConfigBuilder(false, rollbackUsingMarkers, HoodieIndex.IndexType.SIMPLE)
-        .withMetadataConfig(HoodieMetadataConfig.newBuilder().enable(true).build());
+        .withMetadataConfig(HoodieMetadataConfig.newBuilder().enable(false).build());
     addConfigsForPopulateMetaFields(cfgBuilder, true);
     HoodieWriteConfig cfg = cfgBuilder.build();
 
diff --git a/hudi-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/common/config/HoodieMetadataConfig.java b/hudi-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/common/config/HoodieMetadataConfig.java
index 51791c945d589..6beb7d1b2742b 100644
--- a/hudi-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/common/config/HoodieMetadataConfig.java
+++ b/hudi-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/common/config/HoodieMetadataConfig.java
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public final class HoodieMetadataConfig extends HoodieConfig {
   // Enable the internal Metadata Table which saves file listings
   public static final ConfigProperty<Boolean> ENABLE = ConfigProperty
       .key(METADATA_PREFIX + ".enable")
-      .defaultValue(true)
+      .defaultValue(false)
       .sinceVersion("0.7.0")
       .withDocumentation("Enable the internal metadata table which serves table metadata like level file listings");