diff --git a/hedera-node/configuration/mainnet/application.properties b/hedera-node/configuration/mainnet/application.properties
index 47fbfcef954d..0662aa33e122 100644
--- a/hedera-node/configuration/mainnet/application.properties
+++ b/hedera-node/configuration/mainnet/application.properties
@@ -4,5 +4,3 @@
 # It's used by modular code for property overrides, taking hedera-config/ as the base, 
 # with overrides from this file (configuration/mainnet/application.properties).
 ledger.id=0x00
-
-tokens.balancesInQueries.enabled=true
diff --git a/hedera-node/configuration/testnet/application.properties b/hedera-node/configuration/testnet/application.properties
index 621b830b160a..fa6e566c0971 100644
--- a/hedera-node/configuration/testnet/application.properties
+++ b/hedera-node/configuration/testnet/application.properties
@@ -7,5 +7,3 @@
 bootstrap.genesisPublicKey=e06b22e0966108fa5d63fc6ae53f9824319b891cd4d6050dbf2b242be7e13344
 contracts.chainId=296
 ledger.id=0x01
-
-tokens.balancesInQueries.enabled=true
diff --git a/hedera-node/hedera-config/src/main/java/com/hedera/node/config/data/TokensConfig.java b/hedera-node/hedera-config/src/main/java/com/hedera/node/config/data/TokensConfig.java
index 53419df82ec9..142341cc366b 100644
--- a/hedera-node/hedera-config/src/main/java/com/hedera/node/config/data/TokensConfig.java
+++ b/hedera-node/hedera-config/src/main/java/com/hedera/node/config/data/TokensConfig.java
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public record TokensConfig(
         @ConfigProperty(value = "autoCreations.isEnabled", defaultValue = "true") @NetworkProperty
                 boolean autoCreationsIsEnabled,
         @ConfigProperty(value = "maxMetadataBytes", defaultValue = "100") @NetworkProperty int tokensMaxMetadataBytes,
-        @ConfigProperty(value = "balancesInQueries.enabled", defaultValue = "false") @NetworkProperty
+        @ConfigProperty(value = "balancesInQueries.enabled", defaultValue = "true") @NetworkProperty
                 boolean balancesInQueriesEnabled,
         @ConfigProperty(value = "nfts.maxBatchSizeUpdate", defaultValue = "10") @NetworkProperty
                 int nftsMaxBatchSizeUpdate) {}