diff --git a/lib/private/installer.php b/lib/private/installer.php
index 60ed06ae352efd02e31e91c8d1373364a1880c0d..4f4a498b739b3fb66406f9fbc26a6a1bae44318d 100644
--- a/lib/private/installer.php
+++ b/lib/private/installer.php
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ class OC_Installer{
 		);
 
 		// is the code checker enabled?
-		if(OC_Config::getValue('appcodechecker', true)) {
+		if(OC_Config::getValue('appcodechecker', false)) {
 			// check if grep is installed
 			$grep = \OC_Helper::findBinaryPath('grep');
 			if (!$grep) {