diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cfg/AvailableSettings.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cfg/AvailableSettings.java
index 23770c775e..09beda4f29 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cfg/AvailableSettings.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cfg/AvailableSettings.java
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ public interface AvailableSettings {
 
 	/**
 	 * Specifies whether to automatically quote any names that are deemed keywords.  Auto-quoting
-	 * is enabled by default.  Set to false to disable.
+	 * is disabled by default. Set to true to enable it.
 	 *
 	 * @since 5.0
 	 */
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/jdbc/env/internal/JdbcEnvironmentImpl.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/jdbc/env/internal/JdbcEnvironmentImpl.java
index 977f9b83bf..bbf904044c 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/jdbc/env/internal/JdbcEnvironmentImpl.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/jdbc/env/internal/JdbcEnvironmentImpl.java
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@
 import org.hibernate.exception.internal.SQLExceptionTypeDelegate;
 import org.hibernate.exception.internal.SQLStateConversionDelegate;
 import org.hibernate.exception.internal.StandardSQLExceptionConverter;
-import org.hibernate.internal.util.config.ConfigurationHelper;
 import org.hibernate.service.ServiceRegistry;
 import org.hibernate.service.spi.ServiceRegistryImplementor;
+
 import org.jboss.logging.Logger;
 
 /**
@@ -128,8 +128,7 @@ private boolean globalQuotingSkippedForColumnDefinitions(ConfigurationService cf
 		return cfgService.getSetting(
 				AvailableSettings.GLOBALLY_QUOTED_IDENTIFIERS_SKIP_COLUMN_DEFINITIONS,
 				StandardConverters.BOOLEAN,
-				// default is true for JPA compliance - DO NOT CHANGE!
-				true
+				false
 		);
 	}