diff --git a/src/ORM/Association/BelongsTo.php b/src/ORM/Association/BelongsTo.php
index fdeffdfcf08..78e4abf8f8b 100644
--- a/src/ORM/Association/BelongsTo.php
+++ b/src/ORM/Association/BelongsTo.php
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class BelongsTo extends Association
      *
      * @var array
      */
-    protected $_validStrategies = [parent::STRATEGY_JOIN, parent::STRATEGY_SELECT];
+    protected $_validStrategies = [parent::STRATEGY_JOIN];
 
     /**
      * Sets the name of the field representing the foreign key to the target table.
diff --git a/tests/TestCase/ORM/QueryRegressionTest.php b/tests/TestCase/ORM/QueryRegressionTest.php
index 9a6be3b3d47..5f14d20ad20 100644
--- a/tests/TestCase/ORM/QueryRegressionTest.php
+++ b/tests/TestCase/ORM/QueryRegressionTest.php
@@ -780,9 +780,7 @@ public function testFindMatchingWithContain()
     public function testHasManyEagerLoadingUniqueKey()
     {
         $table = TableRegistry::get('ArticlesTags');
-        $table->belongsTo('Articles', [
-            'strategy' => 'select'
-        ]);
+        $table->belongsTo('Articles');
 
         $result = $table->find()
             ->contain(['Articles' => function ($q) {