diff --git a/example/multicore/multicore.xml b/example/multicore/multicore.xml
index 0b086856513..0776e7b8f97 100644
--- a/example/multicore/multicore.xml
+++ b/example/multicore/multicore.xml
@@ -26,6 +26,6 @@
   sharedLib: path to a lib directory that will be shared across all cores
 -->
 <multicore adminPath="/admin/multicore" persistent="true" >
-  <core name="core0" instanceDir="core0" default="true"/>
-  <core name="core1" instanceDir="core1"/>
+  <core name="core0" instanceDir="core0" />
+  <core name="core1" instanceDir="core1" />
 </multicore>