diff --git a/platform/editor-ui-api/src/com/intellij/ide/projectView/ViewSettings.java b/platform/editor-ui-api/src/com/intellij/ide/projectView/ViewSettings.java
index 5aca857aa714..a628eb6deb61 100644
--- a/platform/editor-ui-api/src/com/intellij/ide/projectView/ViewSettings.java
+++ b/platform/editor-ui-api/src/com/intellij/ide/projectView/ViewSettings.java
@@ -11,7 +11,42 @@ public interface ViewSettings extends NodeOptions {
   /**
    * The default view settings for the project view.
    */
-  ViewSettings DEFAULT = Immutable.DEFAULT;
+  ViewSettings DEFAULT = new ViewSettings() {
+    @Override
+    public boolean isShowMembers() {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isAbbreviatePackageNames() {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isFlattenPackages() {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isHideEmptyMiddlePackages() {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isShowLibraryContents() {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isStructureView() {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isShowModules() {
+      return true;
+    }
+  };
 
   /**
    * @return {@code true} if directories (folders or packages) should be separated from files, {@code false} otherwise.