diff --git a/DOCS/interface-changes.rst b/DOCS/interface-changes.rst
index 1d8a2592eb..055651117a 100644
--- a/DOCS/interface-changes.rst
+++ b/DOCS/interface-changes.rst
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ Interface changes
     - add `playlist-next-playlist` and `playlist-prev-playlist` commands
     - change `video-codec` to show description or name, not both
     - deprecate `--cdda-toc-bias` option, offsets are always checked now
+    - disable `--allow-delayed-peak-detect` by default
  --- mpv 0.36.0 ---
     - add `--target-contrast`
     - Target luminance value is now also applied when ICC profile is used.
diff --git a/DOCS/man/options.rst b/DOCS/man/options.rst
index 79171dc5dc..5d89bcb77c 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/options.rst
+++ b/DOCS/man/options.rst
@@ -6698,7 +6698,7 @@ them.
     frame when beneficial for performance. In particular, this is required to
     avoid an unnecessary FBO indirection when no advanced rendering is required
     otherwise. Has no effect if there already is an indirect pass, such as when
-    advanced scaling is enabled. Defaults to on. (Only affects
+    advanced scaling is enabled. Defaults to no. (Only affects
     ``--vo=gpu-next``, note that ``--vo=gpu`` always delays the peak.)
 
 ``--hdr-peak-percentile=<0.0..100.0>``
diff --git a/etc/builtin.conf b/etc/builtin.conf
index 5cd184f42d..8ea64fdcc8 100644
--- a/etc/builtin.conf
+++ b/etc/builtin.conf
@@ -48,12 +48,12 @@ correct-downscaling=no
 linear-downscaling=no
 sigmoid-upscaling=no
 hdr-compute-peak=no
+allow-delayed-peak-detect=yes
 
 [high-quality]
 scale=ewa_lanczossharp
 hdr-peak-percentile=99.995
 hdr-contrast-recovery=0.30
-allow-delayed-peak-detect=no
 deband=yes
 
 # Deprecated alias
diff --git a/video/out/vo_gpu_next.c b/video/out/vo_gpu_next.c
index 53147d55cf..e2436f64f1 100644
--- a/video/out/vo_gpu_next.c
+++ b/video/out/vo_gpu_next.c
@@ -2217,7 +2217,6 @@ const struct vo_driver video_out_gpu_next = {
     .uninit = uninit,
     .priv_size = sizeof(struct priv),
     .priv_defaults = &(const struct priv) {
-        .delayed_peak = true,
         .inter_preserve = true,
     },