diff --git a/src/lib/preferences/preferences.cpp b/src/lib/preferences/preferences.cpp
index 46fa16b80..d6b1a3d96 100644
--- a/src/lib/preferences/preferences.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/preferences/preferences.cpp
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ Preferences::Preferences(BrowserWindow* window)
     ui->animateScrolling->setChecked(settings.value("AnimateScrolling", true).toBool());
     ui->wheelScroll->setValue(settings.value("wheelScrollLines", qApp->wheelScrollLines()).toInt());
     ui->xssAuditing->setChecked(settings.value("XSSAuditing", false).toBool());
-    ui->useNativeScrollbars->setChecked(settings.value("UseNativeScrollbars", true).toBool());
+    ui->useNativeScrollbars->setChecked(settings.value("UseNativeScrollbars", false).toBool());
 
     foreach (int level, WebView::zoomLevels()) {
         ui->defaultZoomLevel->addItem(QString("%1%").arg(level));
diff --git a/src/lib/webengine/webscrollbarmanager.cpp b/src/lib/webengine/webscrollbarmanager.cpp
index 8ae55f042..ff7c9635f 100644
--- a/src/lib/webengine/webscrollbarmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/webengine/webscrollbarmanager.cpp
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ WebScrollBarManager::WebScrollBarManager(QObject *parent)
 
 void WebScrollBarManager::loadSettings()
 {
-    m_enabled = Settings().value(QSL("Web-Browser-Settings/UseNativeScrollbars"), true).toBool();
+    m_enabled = Settings().value(QSL("Web-Browser-Settings/UseNativeScrollbars"), false).toBool();
 
     if (!m_enabled) {
         for (WebView *view : m_scrollbars.keys()) {