diff --git a/piptools/scripts/compile.py b/piptools/scripts/compile.py
index 0a2e828f1..d7641b122 100755
--- a/piptools/scripts/compile.py
+++ b/piptools/scripts/compile.py
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ def _get_default_option(option_name: str) -> Any:
 @click.option(
     "--reuse-hashes/--no-reuse-hashes",
     is_flag=True,
-    default=True,
+    default=False,
     help=(
         "Improve the speed of --generate-hashes by reusing the hashes from an "
         "existing output file."