diff --git a/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/internal/JavaLanguageProperties.java b/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/internal/JavaLanguageProperties.java
index 7590d48f6f..7fafea029e 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/internal/JavaLanguageProperties.java
+++ b/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/internal/JavaLanguageProperties.java
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ public class JavaLanguageProperties extends JvmLanguagePropertyBundle {
         PropertyFactory.enumProperty("xTypeInferenceLogging",
                                      EnumUtils.getEnumMap(InferenceLoggingVerbosity.class))
                        .desc("Verbosity of the type inference logging")
-                       .defaultValue(InferenceLoggingVerbosity.VERBOSE)
+                       .defaultValue(InferenceLoggingVerbosity.DISABLED)
                        .build();