diff --git a/plugins/gradle/plugin-resources/META-INF/plugin.xml b/plugins/gradle/plugin-resources/META-INF/plugin.xml
index 4dad29388453..afc5cfc86075 100644
--- a/plugins/gradle/plugin-resources/META-INF/plugin.xml
+++ b/plugins/gradle/plugin-resources/META-INF/plugin.xml
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
                  description="Enable custom serialization of custom tooling objects"/>
     <registryKey key="gradle.tooling.use.external.process" defaultValue="false"
                  description="Enable running gradle tooling api out of IDE process"/>
-    <registryKey key="gradle.testLauncherAPI.enabled" defaultValue="true"
+    <registryKey key="gradle.testLauncherAPI.enabled" defaultValue="false"
                  description="Allow to use Test Launcher API to run tests when applicable"/>
 
     <commandLineInspectionProjectConfigurator implementation="org.jetbrains.plugins.gradle.GradleCommandLineProjectConfigurator"/>
diff --git a/plugins/gradle/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/gradle/service/task/GradleTaskManager.java b/plugins/gradle/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/gradle/service/task/GradleTaskManager.java
index 5c81651a86f3..bbfe304ae812 100644
--- a/plugins/gradle/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/gradle/service/task/GradleTaskManager.java
+++ b/plugins/gradle/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/gradle/service/task/GradleTaskManager.java
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ public class GradleTaskManager implements ExternalSystemTaskManager<GradleExecut
 
   private static boolean testLauncherIsApplicable(@NotNull List<String> taskNames,
                                                   @NotNull GradleExecutionSettings effectiveSettings) {
-    boolean allowedByRegistry = Registry.is("gradle.testLauncherAPI.enabled", true);
+    boolean allowedByRegistry = Registry.is("gradle.testLauncherAPI.enabled", false);
     boolean allowedByGradleVersion = isSupportedByGradleVersion(effectiveSettings);
     boolean allowedByTasksList = taskNames.size() < 2;
     return Boolean.TRUE == effectiveSettings.getUserData(GradleConstants.RUN_TASK_AS_TEST)