diff --git a/solr/conf/solrconfig.xml b/solr/conf/solrconfig.xml
index a4b2d5624..3fe056f6a 100644
--- a/solr/conf/solrconfig.xml
+++ b/solr/conf/solrconfig.xml
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@
     </lst>
   </requestHandler>
 
-  <requestHandler name="engineering_search" class="solr.SearchHandler" default="true">
+  <requestHandler name="engineering_search" class="solr.SearchHandler">
     <!-- default values for query parameters can be specified, these
          will be overridden by parameters in the request
       -->