diff --git a/app/models/site_setting.rb b/app/models/site_setting.rb
index 88c6e2f757c..e7f1ae0c916 100644
--- a/app/models/site_setting.rb
+++ b/app/models/site_setting.rb
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ class SiteSetting < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   setting(:num_flags_to_block_new_user, 3)
   setting(:num_users_to_block_new_user, 3)
-  setting(:notify_mods_when_user_blocked, true)
+  setting(:notify_mods_when_user_blocked, false)
 
   # used mainly for dev, force hostname for Discourse.base_url
   # You would usually use multisite for this
diff --git a/spec/services/spam_rules_enforcer_spec.rb b/spec/services/spam_rules_enforcer_spec.rb
index 25f711ce3b0..071571c33b4 100644
--- a/spec/services/spam_rules_enforcer_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/services/spam_rules_enforcer_spec.rb
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ describe SpamRulesEnforcer do
       end
 
       it 'sends private message to moderators' do
+        SiteSetting.stubs(:notify_mods_when_user_blocked).returns(true)
         moderator = Fabricate(:moderator)
         GroupMessage.expects(:create).with do |group, msg_type, params|
           group == Group[:moderators].name and msg_type == :user_automatically_blocked and params[:user].id == user.id