diff --git a/internal-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/api/Config.java b/internal-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/api/Config.java
index 0a6f84057b4..7032a8af53d 100644
--- a/internal-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/api/Config.java
+++ b/internal-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/api/Config.java
@@ -2019,7 +2019,7 @@ PROFILING_DATADOG_PROFILER_ENABLED, isDatadogProfilerSafeInCurrentEnvironment())
 
     this.apmTracingEnabled = configProvider.getBoolean(GeneralConfig.APM_TRACING_ENABLED, true);
 
-    this.jdkSocketEnabled = configProvider.getBoolean(JDK_SOCKET_ENABLED, true);
+    this.jdkSocketEnabled = configProvider.getBoolean(JDK_SOCKET_ENABLED, false);
 
     log.debug("New instance: {}", this);
   }