diff --git a/config/settings.yml b/config/settings.yml
index 52462456d2..932e689d09 100644
--- a/config/settings.yml
+++ b/config/settings.yml
@@ -80,6 +80,6 @@
             :metrics_path: "/hawkular/metrics"
             :prometheus_open_timeout: 5
             :prometheus_request_timeout: 30
-            :hawkular_force_legacy: false
+            :hawkular_force_legacy: true
         :ems_refresh_worker:
           :ems_refresh_worker_kubernetes: {}
diff --git a/spec/models/manageiq/providers/kubernetes/container_manager/metrics_capture_spec.rb b/spec/models/manageiq/providers/kubernetes/container_manager/metrics_capture_spec.rb
index ac674b93ea..4c8a97ec29 100644
--- a/spec/models/manageiq/providers/kubernetes/container_manager/metrics_capture_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/manageiq/providers/kubernetes/container_manager/metrics_capture_spec.rb
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
   before do
     # @miq_server is required for worker_settings to work
     @miq_server = EvmSpecHelper.local_miq_server(:is_master => true)
-    @hawkular_force_legacy_settings = {
+    @hawkular_force_legacy_settings_false = {
       :workers => {
         :worker_base => {
           :queue_worker_base => {
             :ems_metrics_collector_worker => {
               :ems_metrics_collector_worker_kubernetes => {
-                :hawkular_force_legacy => true
+                :hawkular_force_legacy => false
               }
             }
           }
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@
     end
 
     it "detect hawkular metrics provider without m metric endpoint" do
+      stub_settings_merge(@hawkular_force_legacy_settings_false)
       allow_any_instance_of(described_class::HawkularCaptureContext)
         .to receive(:m_endpoint?)
         .and_return(false)
@@ -100,6 +101,7 @@
     end
 
     it "detect hawkular metrics provider" do
+      stub_settings_merge(@hawkular_force_legacy_settings_false)
       allow_any_instance_of(described_class::HawkularCaptureContext)
         .to receive(:m_endpoint?)
         .and_return(true)
@@ -116,7 +118,6 @@
     end
 
     it "detect hawkular metrics provider, force legacy collector" do
-      stub_settings_merge(@hawkular_force_legacy_settings)
       allow_any_instance_of(described_class::HawkularCaptureContext)
         .to receive(:m_endpoint?)
         .and_return(true)