diff --git a/src/intel/genxml/xe2.xml b/src/intel/genxml/xe2.xml
index 8b12e296671..a0984f6c450 100644
--- a/src/intel/genxml/xe2.xml
+++ b/src/intel/genxml/xe2.xml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
       <value name="Ftz" value="0" />
       <value name="SetByKernel" value="1" />
     </field>
-    <field name="Thread Preemption" dword="2" bits="20:20" type="bool" default="1" />
+    <field name="Thread Preemption" dword="2" bits="20:20" type="bool" />
     <field name="Sampler Count" dword="3" bits="4:2" type="uint">
       <value name="No samplers used" value="0" />
       <value name="Between 1 and 4 samplers used" value="1" />
diff --git a/src/intel/genxml/xe3.xml b/src/intel/genxml/xe3.xml
index f747831eee9..1569065bdb4 100644
--- a/src/intel/genxml/xe3.xml
+++ b/src/intel/genxml/xe3.xml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
       <value name="Ftz" value="0" />
       <value name="SetByKernel" value="1" />
     </field>
-    <field name="Thread Preemption" dword="2" bits="20:20" type="bool" default="1" />
+    <field name="Thread Preemption" dword="2" bits="20:20" type="bool" />
     <field name="Registers Per Thread" dword="2" bits="30:26" type="uint" />
     <field name="Sampler Count" dword="3" bits="4:2" type="uint">
       <value name="No samplers used" value="0" />