diff --git a/Documentation/cmdref/cilium-agent.md b/Documentation/cmdref/cilium-agent.md
index 0b948433584b6..63c7999fd7484 100644
--- a/Documentation/cmdref/cilium-agent.md
+++ b/Documentation/cmdref/cilium-agent.md
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ cilium-agent [flags]
       --enable-host-firewall                                      Enable host network policies
       --enable-host-legacy-routing                                Enable the legacy host forwarding model which does not bypass upper stack in host namespace
       --enable-host-port                                          Enable k8s hostPort mapping feature (requires enabling enable-node-port)
-      --enable-hubble                                             Enable hubble server (default true)
+      --enable-hubble                                             Enable hubble server
       --enable-hubble-open-metrics                                Enable exporting hubble metrics in OpenMetrics format
       --enable-hubble-recorder-api                                Enable the Hubble recorder API (default true)
       --enable-identity-mark                                      Enable setting identity mark for local traffic (default true)
diff --git a/Documentation/cmdref/cilium-agent_hive.md b/Documentation/cmdref/cilium-agent_hive.md
index 0cccb14c3be65..55d6ad0446e81 100644
--- a/Documentation/cmdref/cilium-agent_hive.md
+++ b/Documentation/cmdref/cilium-agent_hive.md
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ cilium-agent hive [flags]
       --enable-dynamic-lifecycle-manager                          Enables support for dynamic lifecycle management
       --enable-gateway-api                                        Enables Envoy secret sync for Gateway API related TLS secrets
       --enable-gops                                               Enable gops server (default true)
-      --enable-hubble                                             Enable hubble server (default true)
+      --enable-hubble                                             Enable hubble server
       --enable-hubble-open-metrics                                Enable exporting hubble metrics in OpenMetrics format
       --enable-hubble-recorder-api                                Enable the Hubble recorder API (default true)
       --enable-ingress-controller                                 Enables Envoy secret sync for Ingress controller related TLS secrets
diff --git a/Documentation/cmdref/cilium-agent_hive_dot-graph.md b/Documentation/cmdref/cilium-agent_hive_dot-graph.md
index cd0649c1a8657..5f2f0381e3338 100644
--- a/Documentation/cmdref/cilium-agent_hive_dot-graph.md
+++ b/Documentation/cmdref/cilium-agent_hive_dot-graph.md
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ cilium-agent hive dot-graph [flags]
       --enable-dynamic-lifecycle-manager                          Enables support for dynamic lifecycle management
       --enable-gateway-api                                        Enables Envoy secret sync for Gateway API related TLS secrets
       --enable-gops                                               Enable gops server (default true)
-      --enable-hubble                                             Enable hubble server (default true)
+      --enable-hubble                                             Enable hubble server
       --enable-hubble-open-metrics                                Enable exporting hubble metrics in OpenMetrics format
       --enable-hubble-recorder-api                                Enable the Hubble recorder API (default true)
       --enable-ingress-controller                                 Enables Envoy secret sync for Ingress controller related TLS secrets
diff --git a/pkg/hubble/cell/config.go b/pkg/hubble/cell/config.go
index f5c77268649e1..229a06d69055a 100644
--- a/pkg/hubble/cell/config.go
+++ b/pkg/hubble/cell/config.go
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ type config struct {
 }
 
 var defaultConfig = config{
-	EnableHubble: true,
+	EnableHubble: false,
 	// Hubble internals (parser, ringbuffer) configuration
 	EventBufferCapacity:  observeroption.Default.MaxFlows.AsInt(),
 	EventQueueSize:       0, // see getDefaultMonitorQueueSize()