diff --git a/man/ostree.repo-config.xml b/man/ostree.repo-config.xml
index a0cfd16477..5dc6b0e625 100644
--- a/man/ostree.repo-config.xml
+++ b/man/ostree.repo-config.xml
@@ -224,8 +224,8 @@ Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
         local network, or the Internet. Possible values:
         <literal>config</literal>, <literal>lan</literal>, and
         <literal>mount</literal> (or any combination thereof). The default is
-        to pull from all three, unless Avahi support was disabled at compile
-        time, in which case <literal>lan</literal> is disabled.
+        to pull from the Internet and mounted filesystems, since the LAN finder
+        is more costly.
         </para></listitem>
       </varlistentry>
     </variablelist>
diff --git a/src/libostree/ostree-repo-pull.c b/src/libostree/ostree-repo-pull.c
index 8cfe5564c6..dd1d1aef6d 100644
--- a/src/libostree/ostree-repo-pull.c
+++ b/src/libostree/ostree-repo-pull.c
@@ -5013,7 +5013,8 @@ ostree_repo_find_remotes_async (OstreeRepo                     *self,
         default_finders[finder_index++] = finder_mount = OSTREE_REPO_FINDER (ostree_repo_finder_mount_new (NULL));
 
 #ifdef HAVE_AVAHI
-      if (self->repo_finders == NULL || g_strv_contains ((const char * const *)self->repo_finders, "lan"))
+      /* Only check the LAN if it was explicitly enabled (it's more expensive) */
+      if (self->repo_finders != NULL && g_strv_contains ((const char * const *)self->repo_finders, "lan"))
         default_finders[finder_index++] = finder_avahi = OSTREE_REPO_FINDER (ostree_repo_finder_avahi_new (context));
 #endif  /* HAVE_AVAHI */