diff --git a/cinder/common/config.py b/cinder/common/config.py
index f5f18c614df..9ec9a73cdf5 100644
--- a/cinder/common/config.py
+++ b/cinder/common/config.py
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ global_opts = [
                     'value (None) is supplied here, the glanceclient default '
                     'value is used.'),
     cfg.BoolOpt('enable_v1_api',
-                default=True,
+                default=False,
                 deprecated_for_removal=True,
                 help="DEPRECATED: Deploy v1 of the Cinder API."),
     cfg.BoolOpt('enable_v2_api',
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/default-apiv1-disabled-9f6bb0c67b38e670.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/default-apiv1-disabled-9f6bb0c67b38e670.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..41d85ad88a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/default-apiv1-disabled-9f6bb0c67b38e670.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+upgrade:
+  - The v1 API was deprecated in the Juno release and is
+    now defaulted to disabled. In order to still use the
+    v1 API, you must now set ``enable_v1_api`` to ``True``
+    in your cinder.conf file.