diff --git a/java/res/xml/prefs_screen_preferences.xml b/java/res/xml/prefs_screen_preferences.xml
index 101edc8557b62a35c0638c282bb9f43cd756d7e1..540f9f6a6a253dd08345c1eeb5c411ba7e50fb19 100644
--- a/java/res/xml/prefs_screen_preferences.xml
+++ b/java/res/xml/prefs_screen_preferences.xml
@@ -48,6 +48,6 @@
     <CheckBoxPreference
         android:key="pref_voice_input_key"
         android:title="@string/voice_input"
-        android:defaultValue="true"
+        android:defaultValue="false"
         android:persistent="true" />
 </PreferenceScreen>
diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/settings/SettingsValues.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/settings/SettingsValues.java
index 9189789495823e4da7dd7b9e91f5def21b0c4197..bc9df4f7c38ef666e2f90a00d9ec434f7153746c 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/settings/SettingsValues.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/settings/SettingsValues.java
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ public class SettingsValues {
                     .remove(Settings.PREF_VOICE_MODE_OBSOLETE)
                     .apply();
         }
-        return prefs.getBoolean(Settings.PREF_VOICE_INPUT_KEY, true);
+        return prefs.getBoolean(Settings.PREF_VOICE_INPUT_KEY, false);
     }
 
     public String dump() {