diff --git a/cluster/gce/config-default.sh b/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
index ad68083b3fa..8c21875519d 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ DNS_DOMAIN="cluster.local"
 DNS_REPLICAS=1
 
 # Optional: Install cluster docker registry.
-ENABLE_CLUSTER_REGISTRY="${KUBE_ENABLE_CLUSTER_REGISTRY:-true}"
+ENABLE_CLUSTER_REGISTRY="${KUBE_ENABLE_CLUSTER_REGISTRY:-false}"
 CLUSTER_REGISTRY_DISK="${CLUSTER_REGISTRY_PD:-${INSTANCE_PREFIX}-kube-system-kube-registry}"
 CLUSTER_REGISTRY_DISK_SIZE="${CLUSTER_REGISTRY_DISK_SIZE:-200GB}"
 CLUSTER_REGISTRY_DISK_TYPE_GCE="${CLUSTER_REGISTRY_DISK_TYPE_GCE:-pd-standard}"
diff --git a/cluster/gce/config-test.sh b/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
index 309dba00a4c..7c7f12eba73 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ DNS_DOMAIN="cluster.local"
 DNS_REPLICAS=1
 
 # Optional: Install cluster docker registry.
-ENABLE_CLUSTER_REGISTRY="${KUBE_ENABLE_CLUSTER_REGISTRY:-true}"
+ENABLE_CLUSTER_REGISTRY="${KUBE_ENABLE_CLUSTER_REGISTRY:-false}"
 CLUSTER_REGISTRY_DISK="${CLUSTER_REGISTRY_DISK:-${INSTANCE_PREFIX}-kube-system-kube-registry}"
 CLUSTER_REGISTRY_DISK_SIZE="${CLUSTER_REGISTRY_DISK_SIZE:-200GB}"
 CLUSTER_REGISTRY_DISK_TYPE_GCE="${CLUSTER_REGISTRY_DISK_TYPE_GCE:-pd-standard}"