diff --git a/opengrok-indexer/src/main/java/org/opengrok/indexer/configuration/Configuration.java b/opengrok-indexer/src/main/java/org/opengrok/indexer/configuration/Configuration.java
index 2dcb6a57060..f7e706eb4ea 100644
--- a/opengrok-indexer/src/main/java/org/opengrok/indexer/configuration/Configuration.java
+++ b/opengrok-indexer/src/main/java/org/opengrok/indexer/configuration/Configuration.java
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ public Configuration() {
         //mandoc is default(String)
         setMaxSearchThreadCount(2 * Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors());
         setMaxRevisionThreadCount(Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors());
-        setMergeCommitsEnabled(true);
+        setMergeCommitsEnabled(false);
         setMessageLimit(500);
         setNavigateWindowEnabled(false);
         setNestingMaximum(1);