diff --git a/resources/templates/conf/autoload_configs/fax.conf.xml b/resources/templates/conf/autoload_configs/fax.conf.xml
index c7d825665e..3d661fbeb0 100644
--- a/resources/templates/conf/autoload_configs/fax.conf.xml
+++ b/resources/templates/conf/autoload_configs/fax.conf.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
     <settings>
 	<param name="use-ecm"		value="true"/>
 	<param name="verbose"		value="false"/>
-	<param name="disable-v17"	value="false"/>
+	<param name="disable-v17"	value="true"/>
 	<param name="ident"		value="SpanDSP Fax Ident"/>
 	<param name="header"		value="SpanDSP Fax Header"/>