diff --git a/src/runtime-rs/Makefile b/src/runtime-rs/Makefile
index a7ae59ed2c..21f571fb15 100644
--- a/src/runtime-rs/Makefile
+++ b/src/runtime-rs/Makefile
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ DEFMSIZE9P := 8192
 DEFVFIOMODE := guest-kernel
 # Default cgroup model
 DEFSANDBOXCGROUPONLY ?= false
-DEFSTATICRESOURCEMGMT_DB ?= true
+DEFSTATICRESOURCEMGMT_DB ?= false
 DEFBINDMOUNTS := []
 SED = sed
 CLI_DIR = cmd