diff --git a/pkg/config/setup/system_probe.go b/pkg/config/setup/system_probe.go
index 803c47761bccb3..f365dbae1a3af9 100644
--- a/pkg/config/setup/system_probe.go
+++ b/pkg/config/setup/system_probe.go
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ func InitSystemProbeConfig(cfg pkgconfigmodel.Config) {
 	eventMonitorBindEnvAndSetDefault(cfg, join(evNS, "envs_with_value"), []string{"LD_PRELOAD", "LD_LIBRARY_PATH", "PATH", "HISTSIZE", "HISTFILESIZE", "GLIBC_TUNABLES"})
 	eventMonitorBindEnvAndSetDefault(cfg, join(evNS, "runtime_compilation.enabled"), false)
 	eventMonitorBindEnvAndSetDefault(cfg, join(evNS, "network.enabled"), true)
-	eventMonitorBindEnvAndSetDefault(cfg, join(evNS, "network.ingress.enabled"), true)
+	eventMonitorBindEnvAndSetDefault(cfg, join(evNS, "network.ingress.enabled"), false)
 	eventMonitorBindEnvAndSetDefault(cfg, join(evNS, "network.raw_packet.enabled"), false)
 	eventMonitorBindEnvAndSetDefault(cfg, join(evNS, "network.private_ip_ranges"), DefaultPrivateIPCIDRs)
 	eventMonitorBindEnvAndSetDefault(cfg, join(evNS, "network.extra_private_ip_ranges"), []string{})