diff --git a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveUtils.scala b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveUtils.scala
index d9627eb9790eb..93f3f38e52aa9 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveUtils.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveUtils.scala
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ private[spark] object HiveUtils extends Logging {
     .doc("When set to true, the built-in ORC reader and writer are used to process " +
       "ORC tables created by using the HiveQL syntax, instead of Hive serde.")
     .booleanConf
-    .createWithDefault(true)
+    .createWithDefault(false)
 
   val HIVE_METASTORE_SHARED_PREFIXES = buildConf("spark.sql.hive.metastore.sharedPrefixes")
     .doc("A comma separated list of class prefixes that should be loaded using the classloader " +