diff --git a/terraform/aws/variables.tf b/terraform/aws/variables.tf
index e7810e1dd..2f27ed993 100644
--- a/terraform/aws/variables.tf
+++ b/terraform/aws/variables.tf
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ variable "default_budget_alert" {
 }
 
 variable "disable_cluster_wide_filestore" {
-  default     = false
+  default     = true
   type        = bool
   description = <<-EOT
   Whether or not the initial cluster-wide `homedirs` filestore