diff --git a/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/web_experiments.dart b/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/web_experiments.dart
index 058600987bf0f..fb5f1a40b637c 100644
--- a/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/web_experiments.dart
+++ b/lib/web_ui/lib/src/engine/web_experiments.dart
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class WebExperiments {
 
   static const bool _defaultUseCanvasRichText = const bool.fromEnvironment(
     'FLUTTER_WEB_USE_EXPERIMENTAL_CANVAS_RICH_TEXT',
-    defaultValue: true,
+    defaultValue: false,
   );
 
   bool _useCanvasRichText = _defaultUseCanvasRichText;
diff --git a/lib/web_ui/test/engine/web_experiments_test.dart b/lib/web_ui/test/engine/web_experiments_test.dart
index c38de84767e7e..5102846e5c84e 100644
--- a/lib/web_ui/test/engine/web_experiments_test.dart
+++ b/lib/web_ui/test/engine/web_experiments_test.dart
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import 'package:test/test.dart';
 import 'package:ui/src/engine.dart';
 
 const bool _defaultUseCanvasText = true;
-const bool _defaultUseCanvasRichText = true;
+const bool _defaultUseCanvasRichText = false;
 
 void main() {
   internalBootstrapBrowserTest(() => testMain);
diff --git a/lib/web_ui/test/golden_tests/engine/compositing_golden_test.dart b/lib/web_ui/test/golden_tests/engine/compositing_golden_test.dart
index 18fd6c77ef647..0cfc7de5c3d44 100644
--- a/lib/web_ui/test/golden_tests/engine/compositing_golden_test.dart
+++ b/lib/web_ui/test/golden_tests/engine/compositing_golden_test.dart
@@ -547,8 +547,8 @@ void _testCullRectComputation() {
     'renders clipped text with high quality',
     () async {
       // To reproduce blurriness we need real clipping.
-      final DomParagraph paragraph =
-          (DomParagraphBuilder(ParagraphStyle(fontFamily: 'Roboto'))..addText('Am I blurry?')).build();
+      final Paragraph paragraph =
+          (ParagraphBuilder(ParagraphStyle(fontFamily: 'Roboto'))..addText('Am I blurry?')).build();
       paragraph.layout(const ParagraphConstraints(width: 1000));
 
       final Rect canvasSize = Rect.fromLTRB(