diff --git a/superset/config.py b/superset/config.py
index b719397ce4c81..19de94a0561ce 100644
--- a/superset/config.py
+++ b/superset/config.py
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ def _try_json_readsha(filepath, length):  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
     "PRESTO_EXPAND_DATA": False,
     # Exposes API endpoint to compute thumbnails
     "THUMBNAILS": False,
-    "REDUCE_DASHBOARD_BOOTSTRAP_PAYLOAD": False,
+    "REDUCE_DASHBOARD_BOOTSTRAP_PAYLOAD": True,
     "SHARE_QUERIES_VIA_KV_STORE": False,
     "SIP_38_VIZ_REARCHITECTURE": False,
     "TAGGING_SYSTEM": False,