diff --git a/src/internal/stubs.cpp b/src/internal/stubs.cpp
index 5a047da742e..da6423d14ec 100644
--- a/src/internal/stubs.cpp
+++ b/src/internal/stubs.cpp
@@ -40,16 +40,9 @@ void EdpPolicy::AuditClipboard(const std::wstring_view /*destinationName*/) noex
 
 [[nodiscard]] HRESULT DefaultApp::CheckShouldTerminalBeDefault(bool& isEnabled) noexcept
 {
-    // Since we toggled this feature on in Windows, Terminal (and Terminal Preview) need to
-    // agree -- otherwise, they will present UI that suggests Terminal is NOT the default,
-    // like the info bar.
-    OSVERSIONINFOEXW osver{};
-    osver.dwOSVersionInfoSize = sizeof(osver);
-    osver.dwBuildNumber = 22544;
-
-    DWORDLONG dwlConditionMask = 0;
-    VER_SET_CONDITION(dwlConditionMask, VER_BUILDNUMBER, VER_GREATER_EQUAL);
-
-    isEnabled = VerifyVersionInfoW(&osver, VER_BUILDNUMBER, dwlConditionMask) != FALSE;
+    // False since setting Terminal as the default app is an OS feature and probably
+    // should not be done in the open source conhost. We can always decide to turn it
+    // on in the future though.
+    isEnabled = false;
     return S_OK;
 }