diff --git a/plugin-server/src/config/config.ts b/plugin-server/src/config/config.ts
index 8be8565eb2abe..24880db690086 100644
--- a/plugin-server/src/config/config.ts
+++ b/plugin-server/src/config/config.ts
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ export function getDefaultConfig(): PluginsServerConfig {
         INGESTION_CONCURRENCY: 10,
         INGESTION_BATCH_SIZE: 500,
         INGESTION_OVERFLOW_ENABLED: false,
-        INGESTION_OVERFLOW_PRESERVE_PARTITION_LOCALITY: true,
+        INGESTION_OVERFLOW_PRESERVE_PARTITION_LOCALITY: false,
         PLUGINS_DEFAULT_LOG_LEVEL: isTestEnv() ? PluginLogLevel.Full : PluginLogLevel.Log,
         LOG_LEVEL: isTestEnv() ? LogLevel.Warn : LogLevel.Info,
         SENTRY_DSN: null,