diff --git a/packages/core/src/config.js b/packages/core/src/config.js
index 02302db56..7f20c564a 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/config.js
+++ b/packages/core/src/config.js
@@ -45,8 +45,7 @@ export const configSchema = {
         default: false
       },
       enableLayout: {
-        type: 'boolean',
-        default: false
+        type: 'boolean'
       },
       domTransformation: {
         type: 'string'
diff --git a/packages/core/test/discovery.test.js b/packages/core/test/discovery.test.js
index 2ad8c58ab..798178a26 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/discovery.test.js
+++ b/packages/core/test/discovery.test.js
@@ -1932,28 +1932,7 @@ describe('Discovery', () => {
   });
 
   describe('Enable Layout =>', () => {
-    beforeEach(() => {
-      // global defaults
-      percy.config.snapshot.enableLayout = false;
-    });
-
     describe('cli-snapshot =>', () => {
-      it('disabled by default', async () => {
-        percy.loglevel('debug');
-
-        await percy.snapshot({
-          name: 'test snapshot',
-          url: 'http://localhost:8000',
-          domSnapshot: ''
-        });
-
-        await percy.idle();
-
-        expect(logger.stderr).toEqual(jasmine.arrayContaining([
-          '[percy:core:snapshot] - enableLayout: false'
-        ]));
-      });
-
       it('enable when enableLayout: true', async () => {
         percy.config.snapshot.enableLayout = true;
         percy.loglevel('debug');
@@ -1973,22 +1952,6 @@ describe('Discovery', () => {
     });
 
     describe('percySnapshot with cli-exec =>', () => {
-      it('disabled by default', async () => {
-        percy.loglevel('debug');
-
-        await percy.snapshot({
-          name: 'test snapshot',
-          url: 'http://localhost:8000',
-          domSnapshot: testDOM
-        });
-
-        await percy.idle();
-
-        expect(logger.stderr).toEqual(jasmine.arrayContaining([
-          '[percy:core:snapshot] - enableLayout: false'
-        ]));
-      });
-
       it('enable when enableLayout: true', async () => {
         percy.config.snapshot.enableLayout = true;
         percy.loglevel('debug');
diff --git a/packages/core/test/percy.test.js b/packages/core/test/percy.test.js
index 0dfd8a33b..d65043e58 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/percy.test.js
+++ b/packages/core/test/percy.test.js
@@ -59,8 +59,7 @@ describe('Percy', () => {
       percyCSS: '',
       enableJavaScript: false,
       disableShadowDOM: false,
-      cliEnableJavaScript: true,
-      enableLayout: false
+      cliEnableJavaScript: true
     });
   });
 
diff --git a/packages/dom/README.md b/packages/dom/README.md
index d593a334b..fcbd2788f 100644
--- a/packages/dom/README.md
+++ b/packages/dom/README.md
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ const domSnapshot = await page.evaluate(() => PercyDOM.serialize(options))
 - `enableJavaScript` — When true, does not serialize some DOM elements
 - `domTransformation` — Function to transform the DOM after serialization
 - `disableShadowDOM` — disable shadow DOM capturing, this option can be passed to `percySnapshot` its part of per-snapshot config.
-- `enableLayout` - When true, It enables layout testing.
 
 ## Serialized Content