diff --git a/doc/nvim-tree-lua.txt b/doc/nvim-tree-lua.txt
index 59d1bdca..4859ad87 100644
--- a/doc/nvim-tree-lua.txt
+++ b/doc/nvim-tree-lua.txt
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ Following is the default configuration. See |nvim-tree-opts| for details. >lua
           dev = false,
           diagnostics = false,
           git = false,
-          lifecycle = true,
+          lifecycle = false,
           profile = false,
           watcher = false,
         },
diff --git a/lua/nvim-tree.lua b/lua/nvim-tree.lua
index 45417db2..f7509d07 100644
--- a/lua/nvim-tree.lua
+++ b/lua/nvim-tree.lua
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ local DEFAULT_OPTS = { -- BEGIN_DEFAULT_OPTS
       dev = false,
       diagnostics = false,
       git = false,
-      lifecycle = true,
+      lifecycle = false,
       profile = false,
       watcher = false,
     },