diff --git a/src/plugins/qmljseditor/qmljseditorsettings.cpp b/src/plugins/qmljseditor/qmljseditorsettings.cpp
index f731e27a0f9..da43798fec6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmljseditor/qmljseditorsettings.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmljseditor/qmljseditorsettings.cpp
@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ static QVariant fromSettingsTransformation(const QVariant &v)
 
 QmlJsEditingSettings::QmlJsEditingSettings()
 {
+    setAutoApply(false);
     const Key group = QmlJSEditor::Constants::SETTINGS_CATEGORY_QML;
 
     useQmlls.setSettingsKey(group, USE_QMLLS);