diff --git a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/InspectionGadgetsAnalysis/src/com/siyeh/ig/bugs/MalformedRegexInspection.java b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/InspectionGadgetsAnalysis/src/com/siyeh/ig/bugs/MalformedRegexInspection.java
index c5c67ceca99e..049bde59c31d 100644
--- a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/InspectionGadgetsAnalysis/src/com/siyeh/ig/bugs/MalformedRegexInspection.java
+++ b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/InspectionGadgetsAnalysis/src/com/siyeh/ig/bugs/MalformedRegexInspection.java
@@ -48,11 +48,6 @@ public class MalformedRegexInspection extends BaseInspection {
     }
   }
 
-  @Override
-  public boolean isEnabledByDefault() {
-    return true;
-  }
-
   @Override
   public BaseInspectionVisitor buildVisitor() {
     return new MalformedRegexVisitor();
diff --git a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/src/META-INF/InspectionGadgets.xml b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/src/META-INF/InspectionGadgets.xml
index 17321d237eae..062e6214c9a6 100644
--- a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/src/META-INF/InspectionGadgets.xml
+++ b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/src/META-INF/InspectionGadgets.xml
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@
                      groupBundle="messages.InspectionsBundle" groupKey="group.names.probable.bugs" enabledByDefault="true" level="WARNING"
                      implementationClass="com.siyeh.ig.bugs.MalformedFormatStringInspection"/>
     <localInspection groupPath="Java" language="JAVA" shortName="MalformedRegex" bundle="com.siyeh.InspectionGadgetsBundle" key="malformed.regular.expression.display.name"
-                     groupBundle="messages.InspectionsBundle" groupKey="group.names.probable.bugs" enabledByDefault="true" level="WARNING"
+                     groupBundle="messages.InspectionsBundle" groupKey="group.names.probable.bugs" enabledByDefault="false" level="WARNING"
                      implementationClass="com.siyeh.ig.bugs.MalformedRegexInspection"/>
     <localInspection groupPath="Java" language="JAVA" shortName="MalformedXPath" bundle="com.siyeh.InspectionGadgetsBundle" key="malformed.xpath.expression.display.name"
                      groupBundle="messages.InspectionsBundle" groupKey="group.names.probable.bugs" enabledByDefault="true" level="WARNING"