diff --git a/source/blender/depsgraph/intern/depsgraph.cc b/source/blender/depsgraph/intern/depsgraph.cc
index b146d4a432b..fe4621d2ed4 100644
--- a/source/blender/depsgraph/intern/depsgraph.cc
+++ b/source/blender/depsgraph/intern/depsgraph.cc
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #include "intern/depsgraph_intern.h"
 #include "util/deg_util_foreach.h"
 
-static bool use_copy_on_write = true;
+static bool use_copy_on_write = false;
 
 bool DEG_depsgraph_use_copy_on_write(void)
 {