diff --git a/.editorconfig b/.editorconfig
index e95967a09e126..15d0eadd18a57 100644
--- a/.editorconfig
+++ b/.editorconfig
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ csharp_space_after_dot = false
 csharp_space_after_keywords_in_control_flow_statements = true
 csharp_space_after_semicolon_in_for_statement = true
 csharp_space_around_binary_operators = before_and_after
-csharp_space_around_declaration_statements = do_not_ignore
+csharp_space_around_declaration_statements = false
 csharp_space_before_colon_in_inheritance_clause = true
 csharp_space_before_comma = false
 csharp_space_before_dot = false
diff --git a/src/Workspaces/CoreTest/EditorConfigParsing/NamingStyleParserTests.cs b/src/Workspaces/CoreTest/EditorConfigParsing/NamingStyleParserTests.cs
index 0f71a03ec11f2..43510330d2713 100644
--- a/src/Workspaces/CoreTest/EditorConfigParsing/NamingStyleParserTests.cs
+++ b/src/Workspaces/CoreTest/EditorConfigParsing/NamingStyleParserTests.cs
@@ -947,7 +947,7 @@ public void TestParseRoslynEditorConfig()
         csharp_space_after_keywords_in_control_flow_statements = true
         csharp_space_after_semicolon_in_for_statement = true
         csharp_space_around_binary_operators = before_and_after
-        csharp_space_around_declaration_statements = do_not_ignore
+        csharp_space_around_declaration_statements = false
         csharp_space_before_colon_in_inheritance_clause = true
         csharp_space_before_comma = false
         csharp_space_before_dot = false