diff --git a/roles/aws_common/defaults/main.yml b/roles/aws_common/defaults/main.yml
index f6966f6..11fca42 100644
--- a/roles/aws_common/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/aws_common/defaults/main.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 aws_download_region: "{{ ansible_ec2_placement_region | default('us-west-2') }}"
 aws_cloudwatch_agent_rpm: "https://s3.{{ aws_download_region }}.amazonaws.com/amazoncloudwatch-agent-{{ aws_download_region }}/amazon_linux/amd64/latest/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.rpm"
 
-atl_aws_enable_cw: true
+atl_aws_enable_cw: false
 atl_aws_enable_cw_logs: false
 
 # Mostly for molecule testing, as skip-tags doesn't work with handlers.