diff --git a/src/libostree/ostree-repo.c b/src/libostree/ostree-repo.c
index 04a540296d..f8e027c85b 100644
--- a/src/libostree/ostree-repo.c
+++ b/src/libostree/ostree-repo.c
@@ -3346,7 +3346,7 @@ reload_sysroot_config (OstreeRepo *self, GCancellable *cancellable, GError **err
       g_hash_table_replace (self->bls_append_values, key, value);
     }
 
-  if (!ot_keyfile_get_boolean_with_default (self->config, "sysroot", "bootprefix", FALSE,
+  if (!ot_keyfile_get_boolean_with_default (self->config, "sysroot", "bootprefix", TRUE,
                                             &self->enable_bootprefix, error))
     return FALSE;
 
diff --git a/tests/test-admin-deploy-bootprefix.sh b/tests/test-admin-deploy-bootprefix.sh
index d80c310b3e..26281f1d8b 100755
--- a/tests/test-admin-deploy-bootprefix.sh
+++ b/tests/test-admin-deploy-bootprefix.sh
@@ -25,11 +25,19 @@ set -euo pipefail
 setup_os_repository "archive" "syslinux"
 
 ${CMD_PREFIX} ostree --repo=sysroot/ostree/repo pull-local --remote=testos testos-repo testos/buildmain/x86_64-runtime
-${CMD_PREFIX} ostree --repo=sysroot/ostree/repo config set sysroot.bootprefix 'true'
+# sysroot.bootprefix is on by default now
 ${CMD_PREFIX} ostree admin deploy --karg=root=LABEL=root --os=testos testos:testos/buildmain/x86_64-runtime
 assert_file_has_content_literal sysroot/boot/loader/entries/ostree-1-testos.conf 'linux /boot/ostree/testos-'
 assert_file_has_content_literal sysroot/boot/loader/entries/ostree-1-testos.conf 'initrd /boot/ostree/testos-'
 
-tap_ok "bootprefix"
+tap_ok "bootprefix on"
+
+${CMD_PREFIX} ostree --repo=sysroot/ostree/repo config set sysroot.bootprefix 'false'
+${CMD_PREFIX} ostree admin undeploy 0
+${CMD_PREFIX} ostree admin deploy --karg=root=LABEL=root --os=testos testos:testos/buildmain/x86_64-runtime
+assert_file_has_content_literal sysroot/boot/loader/entries/ostree-1-testos.conf 'linux /ostree/testos-'
+assert_file_has_content_literal sysroot/boot/loader/entries/ostree-1-testos.conf 'initrd /ostree/testos-'
+
+tap_ok "bootprefix off"
 
 tap_end