diff --git a/etc/tempest.conf.sample b/etc/tempest.conf.sample
index 4d02dc5..fc4f9cd 100644
--- a/etc/tempest.conf.sample
+++ b/etc/tempest.conf.sample
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
 
 [compute-feature-enabled]
 # Do we run the Nova V3 API tests?
-api_v3 = true
+api_v3 = false
 
 # Does the Compute API support creation of images?
 create_image = true
diff --git a/tempest/config.py b/tempest/config.py
index 68b51c3..ff8a170 100644
--- a/tempest/config.py
+++ b/tempest/config.py
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@
 
 ComputeFeaturesGroup = [
     cfg.BoolOpt('api_v3',
-                default=True,
+                default=False,
                 help="If false, skip all nova v3 tests."),
     cfg.BoolOpt('disk_config',
                 default=True,