diff --git a/Linphone/model/setting/SettingsModel.cpp b/Linphone/model/setting/SettingsModel.cpp
index 7f9ebf82f..a9cb03edc 100644
--- a/Linphone/model/setting/SettingsModel.cpp
+++ b/Linphone/model/setting/SettingsModel.cpp
@@ -582,5 +582,5 @@ DEFINE_GETSET_CONFIG(SettingsModel,
 						syncLdapContacts,
 						SyncLdapContacts,
 						"sync_ldap_contacts",
-						true)
+						false)
     // clang-format on