diff --git a/plugins/kotlin/onboarding/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/onboarding/k2/FirStatusBarWidgetFactory.kt b/plugins/kotlin/onboarding/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/onboarding/k2/FirStatusBarWidgetFactory.kt
index dfae9acad262..03292841f88f 100644
--- a/plugins/kotlin/onboarding/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/onboarding/k2/FirStatusBarWidgetFactory.kt
+++ b/plugins/kotlin/onboarding/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/onboarding/k2/FirStatusBarWidgetFactory.kt
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ private class FirStatusBarWidgetFactory : StatusBarWidgetFactory {
     override fun getDisplayName(): String = DISPLAY_NAME
 
     override fun isAvailable(project: Project): Boolean {
-        return KotlinPluginModeProvider.isK2Mode() && Registry.`is`(REGISTRY_KEY, /* defaultValue = */ true)
+        return KotlinPluginModeProvider.isK2Mode() && Registry.`is`(REGISTRY_KEY, /* defaultValue = */ false)
     }
 
     override fun createWidget(project: Project): StatusBarWidget = Widget(project)
diff --git a/plugins/kotlin/plugin/k2/resources/kotlin.plugin.k2.xml b/plugins/kotlin/plugin/k2/resources/kotlin.plugin.k2.xml
index 2aacf7595ce6..13e96e10f969 100644
--- a/plugins/kotlin/plugin/k2/resources/kotlin.plugin.k2.xml
+++ b/plugins/kotlin/plugin/k2/resources/kotlin.plugin.k2.xml
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
 
     <registryKey key="kotlin.k2.show.fir.statusbar.icon"
                  description="Show K2 mode tree icon in the status bar"
-                 defaultValue="true"
+                 defaultValue="false"
                  restartRequired="false"/>
 
     <!-- shared completion -->