diff --git a/installer/data/mysql/sysprefs.sql b/installer/data/mysql/sysprefs.sql
index 2408425c01..bc7035d156 100644
--- a/installer/data/mysql/sysprefs.sql
+++ b/installer/data/mysql/sysprefs.sql
@@ -418,6 +418,6 @@ INSERT IGNORE INTO systempreferences (variable,value,explanation,options,type) V
 INSERT INTO systempreferences (variable,value,explanation,options,type) VALUES('UseQueryParser', '0', 'If enabled, try to use QueryParser for queries.', NULL, 'YesNo');
 INSERT INTO systempreferences (variable,value,explanation,options,type) VALUES('FinesIncludeGracePeriod','1','If enabled, fines calculations will include the grace period.',NULL,'YesNo');
 INSERT INTO systempreferences (variable,value,explanation,options,type) VALUES ('UNIMARCAuthorsFacetsSeparator',', ', 'UNIMARC authors facets separator', NULL, 'short');
-INSERT INTO systempreferences (variable,value,explanation,options,type) VALUES('UseKohaPlugins','1','Enable or disable the ability to use Koha Plugins.','','YesNo');
+INSERT INTO systempreferences (variable,value,explanation,options,type) VALUES('UseKohaPlugins','0','Enable or disable the ability to use Koha Plugins.','','YesNo');
 INSERT INTO systempreferences (variable,value,options,explanation,type) VALUES ('TimeFormat','24hr','12hr|24hr','Defines the global time format for visual output.','Choice');
 INSERT INTO systempreferences (variable,value,options,explanation,type) VALUES('DisplayIconsXSLT', '1', '', 'If ON, displays the format, audience, and material type icons in XSLT MARC21 results and detail pages.', 'YesNo');
diff --git a/installer/data/mysql/updatedatabase.pl b/installer/data/mysql/updatedatabase.pl
index 4e207a7004..44bf8899ba 100755
--- a/installer/data/mysql/updatedatabase.pl
+++ b/installer/data/mysql/updatedatabase.pl
@@ -6637,7 +6637,7 @@ if ( C4::Context->preference("Version") < TransformToNum($DBversion) ) {
               ('19', 'report', 'Use report plugins'),
               ('19', 'configure', 'Configure plugins')
             ");
-    $dbh->do("INSERT INTO systempreferences (variable,value,explanation,options,type) VALUES('UseKohaPlugins','1','Enable or disable the ability to use Koha Plugins.','','YesNo')");
+    $dbh->do("INSERT INTO systempreferences (variable,value,explanation,options,type) VALUES('UseKohaPlugins','0','Enable or disable the ability to use Koha Plugins.','','YesNo')");
 
     $dbh->do("
         CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS plugin_data (