diff --git a/packages/CMSettingsProvider/res/values/defaults.xml b/packages/CMSettingsProvider/res/values/defaults.xml
index 8d87eea8d83679946a59b12783f4ced217f9da1a..1e2f4470a161dc64544caf63be3e1d1a7926fd66 100644
--- a/packages/CMSettingsProvider/res/values/defaults.xml
+++ b/packages/CMSettingsProvider/res/values/defaults.xml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
     <integer name="def_forward_lookup">1</integer>
 
     <!-- Default value of CMSettings.System.ENABLE_PEOPLE_LOOKUP -->
-    <integer name="def_people_lookup">1</integer>
+    <integer name="def_people_lookup">0</integer>
 
     <!-- Default value of CMSettings.System.ENABLE_REVERSE_LOOKUP -->
     <integer name="def_reverse_lookup">1</integer>