diff --git a/docs/configuration/index.md b/docs/configuration/index.md
index 328ab3508251..bbb43ec67b2b 100644
--- a/docs/configuration/index.md
+++ b/docs/configuration/index.md
@@ -794,7 +794,7 @@ If you want to turn off the batch data segment announcer, you can add a property
 
 |Property|Description|Default|
 |--------|-----------|-------|
-|`druid.announcer.skipSegmentAnnouncementOnZk`|Skip announcing segments to ZooKeeper. Note that the batch server view will not work if this is set to true.|false|
+|`druid.announcer.skipSegmentAnnouncementOnZk`|Skip announcing segments to ZooKeeper. Note that the batch server view will not work if this is set to true.|true|
 
 ### JavaScript
 
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/server/initialization/BatchDataSegmentAnnouncerConfig.java b/server/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/server/initialization/BatchDataSegmentAnnouncerConfig.java
index 66ac575d41de..39978fad8a12 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/server/initialization/BatchDataSegmentAnnouncerConfig.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/server/initialization/BatchDataSegmentAnnouncerConfig.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public class BatchDataSegmentAnnouncerConfig
   private boolean skipDimensionsAndMetrics = false;
 
   @JsonProperty
-  private boolean skipSegmentAnnouncementOnZk = false;
+  private boolean skipSegmentAnnouncementOnZk = true;
 
   public int getSegmentsPerNode()
   {