diff --git a/local-build-plugins/src/main/java/org/hibernate/orm/properties/processor/AsciiDocWriter.java b/local-build-plugins/src/main/java/org/hibernate/orm/properties/processor/AsciiDocWriter.java
index 268616ec8b..c6be810001 100644
--- a/local-build-plugins/src/main/java/org/hibernate/orm/properties/processor/AsciiDocWriter.java
+++ b/local-build-plugins/src/main/java/org/hibernate/orm/properties/processor/AsciiDocWriter.java
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import java.io.Writer;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.TreeMap;
 import java.util.TreeSet;
 import java.util.function.BiConsumer;
@@ -69,14 +68,6 @@ public class AsciiDocWriter implements BiConsumer<Map<String, ConfigurationPrope
 					writer.write( el.javadoc() );
 					writer.write( " +++ " );
 
-					String defaultValue = Objects.toString( el.defaultValue(), "" );
-					if ( !defaultValue.trim().isEmpty() ) {
-						writer.write( "\n+\n" );
-						writer.write( "Default value: `" );
-						writer.write( defaultValue );
-						writer.write( '`' );
-					}
-
 					writer.write( '\n' );
 
 					printOtherKeyVariants( writer, keys );
diff --git a/local-build-plugins/src/main/java/org/hibernate/orm/properties/processor/ConfigurationProperty.java b/local-build-plugins/src/main/java/org/hibernate/orm/properties/processor/ConfigurationProperty.java
index e8f976ab73..60af74bc3f 100644
--- a/local-build-plugins/src/main/java/org/hibernate/orm/properties/processor/ConfigurationProperty.java
+++ b/local-build-plugins/src/main/java/org/hibernate/orm/properties/processor/ConfigurationProperty.java
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ public class ConfigurationProperty implements Comparable<ConfigurationProperty>
 
 	private HibernateOrmConfiguration.Type type;
 
-	private Object defaultValue;
-
 	private String anchorPrefix;
 	private String moduleName;
 
@@ -65,15 +63,6 @@ public class ConfigurationProperty implements Comparable<ConfigurationProperty>
 		return this;
 	}
 
-	public Object defaultValue() {
-		return defaultValue;
-	}
-
-	public ConfigurationProperty defaultValue(Object defaultValue) {
-		this.defaultValue = defaultValue == null ? "" : defaultValue;
-		return this;
-	}
-
 	public String anchorPrefix() {
 		return anchorPrefix;
 	}
@@ -99,7 +88,6 @@ public class ConfigurationProperty implements Comparable<ConfigurationProperty>
 				", javadoc='" + javadoc + '\'' +
 				", sourceClass='" + sourceClass + '\'' +
 				", type='" + type + '\'' +
-				", default='" + defaultValue + '\'' +
 				", anchorPrefix='" + anchorPrefix + '\'' +
 				", moduleName='" + moduleName + '\'' +
 				'}';
@@ -123,14 +111,13 @@ public class ConfigurationProperty implements Comparable<ConfigurationProperty>
 				Objects.equals( javadoc, that.javadoc ) &&
 				Objects.equals( sourceClass, that.sourceClass ) &&
 				type == that.type &&
-				Objects.equals( defaultValue, that.defaultValue ) &&
 				Objects.equals( anchorPrefix, that.anchorPrefix ) &&
 				Objects.equals( moduleName, that.moduleName );
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public int hashCode() {
-		return Objects.hash( key, javadoc, sourceClass, type, defaultValue, anchorPrefix, moduleName );
+		return Objects.hash( key, javadoc, sourceClass, type, anchorPrefix, moduleName );
 	}
 
 	public static class Key {
diff --git a/local-build-plugins/src/main/java/org/hibernate/orm/properties/processor/ConfigurationPropertyCollector.java b/local-build-plugins/src/main/java/org/hibernate/orm/properties/processor/ConfigurationPropertyCollector.java
index cf0a60bc7a..39a553d4c2 100644
--- a/local-build-plugins/src/main/java/org/hibernate/orm/properties/processor/ConfigurationPropertyCollector.java
+++ b/local-build-plugins/src/main/java/org/hibernate/orm/properties/processor/ConfigurationPropertyCollector.java
@@ -100,10 +100,6 @@ public class ConfigurationPropertyCollector {
 				annotation.flatMap( a -> a.multiAttribute( "prefix", String.class ) )
 		);
 		if ( !key.matches( ignoreKeys ) ) {
-			// Try to find a default value. Assumption is that the settings class has an inner class called "Defaults" and
-			// the key for the default value is exactly the same as the config constant name:
-			Object value = findDefault( constant );
-
 			properties.put(
 					constant.getEnclosingElement().toString() + "#" + constant.getSimpleName().toString(),
 					new ConfigurationProperty()
@@ -111,7 +107,6 @@ public class ConfigurationPropertyCollector {
 							.key( key )
 							.sourceClass( constant.getEnclosingElement().toString() )
 							.type( extractType( constant ) )
-							.defaultValue( value )
 							.withModuleName( title.orElse( classTitle.orElse( this.title ) ) )
 							.withAnchorPrefix( anchorPrefix.orElse( classAnchorPrefix.orElse( this.anchor ) ) )
 			);
@@ -195,25 +190,6 @@ public class ConfigurationPropertyCollector {
 		}
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * This really works only for string/primitive constants ... other types would just get null returned.
-	 */
-	private Object findDefault(VariableElement constant) {
-		if ( constant.getEnclosingElement() instanceof TypeElement ) {
-			for ( Element element : elementUtils.getAllMembers( (TypeElement) constant.getEnclosingElement() ) ) {
-				if ( ElementKind.CLASS.equals( element.getKind() )
-						&& element.getSimpleName().contentEquals( "Defaults" ) ) {
-					for ( Element enclosedElement : element.getEnclosedElements() ) {
-						if ( enclosedElement.getSimpleName().equals( constant.getSimpleName() ) ) {
-							return ( (VariableElement) enclosedElement ).getConstantValue();
-						}
-					}
-				}
-			}
-		}
-		return null;
-	}
-
 	private PackageElement packageElement(Element element) {
 		Element packageElement = element;
 		while ( !( packageElement instanceof PackageElement ) && packageElement.getEnclosingElement() != null ) {