diff --git a/idea/src/META-INF/plugin.xml b/idea/src/META-INF/plugin.xml
index e6a44b513bd..16fcd1f074b 100644
--- a/idea/src/META-INF/plugin.xml
+++ b/idea/src/META-INF/plugin.xml
@@ -1905,7 +1905,7 @@
     <localInspection implementationClass="org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.intentions.ConvertLambdaToReferenceInspection"
                      displayName="Can be replaced with function reference"
                      groupName="Kotlin"
-                     enabledByDefault="true"
+                     enabledByDefault="false"
                      level="INFO"
                      language="kotlin"
     />