diff --git a/Interop/StubGenerator/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/native/interop/gen/jvm/CommandLine.kt b/Interop/StubGenerator/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/native/interop/gen/jvm/CommandLine.kt
index f50a426bacd..e377313b22f 100644
--- a/Interop/StubGenerator/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/native/interop/gen/jvm/CommandLine.kt
+++ b/Interop/StubGenerator/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/native/interop/gen/jvm/CommandLine.kt
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ open class CommonInteropArguments(val argParser: ArgParser) {
         const val MODE_SOURCECODE = "sourcecode"
         const val MODE_METADATA = "metadata"
 
-        const val DEFAULT_MODE = MODE_SOURCECODE
+        const val DEFAULT_MODE = MODE_METADATA
     }
 }