diff --git a/plugin/airline.vim b/plugin/airline.vim
index 4778ce39..8e79188a 100644
--- a/plugin/airline.vim
+++ b/plugin/airline.vim
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ call s:check_defined('g:airline_right_alt_sep', exists('g:airline_powerline_font
 call s:check_defined('g:airline_enable_bufferline', 1)
 call s:check_defined('g:airline_enable_fugitive', 1)
 call s:check_defined('g:airline_enable_syntastic', 1)
-call s:check_defined('g:airline_detect_iminsert', 1)
+call s:check_defined('g:airline_detect_iminsert', 0)
 call s:check_defined('g:airline_detect_modified', 1)
 call s:check_defined('g:airline_detect_paste', 1)
 call s:check_defined('g:airline_fugitive_prefix', exists('g:airline_powerline_fonts')?' ':'')