diff --git a/man/pulse-daemon.conf.5.xml.in b/man/pulse-daemon.conf.5.xml.in
index 1abc94fc2..ed7715839 100644
--- a/man/pulse-daemon.conf.5.xml.in
+++ b/man/pulse-daemon.conf.5.xml.in
@@ -136,12 +136,12 @@ License along with PulseAudio; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
       channel is available as well. If no input LFE channel is
       available the output LFE channel will always be 0. If no output
       LFE channel is available the signal on the input LFE channel
-      will be ignored. Defaults to <opt>yes</opt>.</p>
+      will be ignored. Defaults to <opt>no</opt>.</p>
     </option>
 
     <option>
       <p><opt>lfe-crossover-freq=</opt> The crossover frequency (in Hz) for the
-      LFE filter. Defaults to 120 Hz. Set it to 0 to disable the LFE filter.</p>
+      LFE filter. Set it to 0 to disable the LFE filter. Defaults to 0.</p>
     </option>
 
     <option>
diff --git a/src/daemon/daemon-conf.c b/src/daemon/daemon-conf.c
index 965a5c802..427730139 100644
--- a/src/daemon/daemon-conf.c
+++ b/src/daemon/daemon-conf.c
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ static const pa_daemon_conf default_conf = {
     .log_time = false,
     .resample_method = PA_RESAMPLER_AUTO,
     .disable_remixing = false,
-    .disable_lfe_remixing = false,
-    .lfe_crossover_freq = 120,
+    .disable_lfe_remixing = true,
+    .lfe_crossover_freq = 0,
     .config_file = NULL,
     .use_pid_file = true,
     .system_instance = false,
diff --git a/src/daemon/daemon.conf.in b/src/daemon/daemon.conf.in
index b48afa23f..fcc9cb963 100644
--- a/src/daemon/daemon.conf.in
+++ b/src/daemon/daemon.conf.in
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ ifelse(@HAVE_DBUS@, 1, [dnl
 
 ; resample-method = speex-float-1
 ; enable-remixing = yes
-; enable-lfe-remixing = yes
-; lfe-crossover-freq = 120
+; enable-lfe-remixing = no
+; lfe-crossover-freq = 0
 
 ; flat-volumes = yes
 
diff --git a/src/pulsecore/core.c b/src/pulsecore/core.c
index 6d102f58a..2a96dfa5e 100644
--- a/src/pulsecore/core.c
+++ b/src/pulsecore/core.c
@@ -142,8 +142,8 @@ pa_core* pa_core_new(pa_mainloop_api *m, bool shared, bool enable_memfd, size_t
     c->realtime_scheduling = false;
     c->realtime_priority = 5;
     c->disable_remixing = false;
-    c->disable_lfe_remixing = false;
-    c->lfe_crossover_freq = 120;
+    c->disable_lfe_remixing = true;
+    c->lfe_crossover_freq = 0;
     c->deferred_volume = true;
     c->resample_method = PA_RESAMPLER_SPEEX_FLOAT_BASE + 1;