diff --git a/package/utils/busybox/Config-defaults.in b/package/utils/busybox/Config-defaults.in
index 89da7ace8d..29724041f4 100644
--- a/package/utils/busybox/Config-defaults.in
+++ b/package/utils/busybox/Config-defaults.in
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_DEFAULT_FEATURE_VERBOSE_USAGE
 	default y
 config BUSYBOX_DEFAULT_FEATURE_COMPRESS_USAGE
 	bool
-	default y
+	default n
 config BUSYBOX_DEFAULT_LFS
 	bool
 	default y