diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/qmldesignerconstants.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/qmldesignerconstants.h
index 1a1c8c321d1849401b0a38fe45bf981477471b94..fc2313a72f8fa36c2f60673ed25159c0d606286e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/qmldesignerconstants.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/qmldesignerconstants.h
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ const char * const QML_DESIGNER_SETTINGS_GROUP = "Designer";
 const char * const QML_OPENDESIGNMODE_SETTINGS_KEY = "OpenDesignMode";
 const char * const QML_ITEMSPACING_KEY = "ItemSpacing";
 const char * const QML_SNAPMARGIN_KEY = "SnapMargin";
-enum { QML_OPENDESIGNMODE_DEFAULT = 1 };
+enum { QML_OPENDESIGNMODE_DEFAULT = 0 };
 
 namespace Internal {
     enum { debug = 0 };