diff --git a/spring-cloud-stream/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binder/ConsumerProperties.java b/spring-cloud-stream/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binder/ConsumerProperties.java
index 50d3a314c..76077c41e 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-stream/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binder/ConsumerProperties.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-stream/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binder/ConsumerProperties.java
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ public class ConsumerProperties {
 
 	private HeaderMode headerMode;
 
-	private boolean useNativeDecoding = false;
+	private boolean useNativeDecoding;
 
 	@Min(value = 1, message = "Concurrency should be greater than zero.")
 	public int getConcurrency() {