diff --git a/doc/jemalloc.xml.in b/doc/jemalloc.xml.in
index a47c7635..ee60c98a 100644
--- a/doc/jemalloc.xml.in
+++ b/doc/jemalloc.xml.in
@@ -865,9 +865,7 @@ for (i = 0; i < nbins; i++) {
         url="http://http://valgrind.org/">Valgrind</ulink>, which needs
         redzones in order to do effective buffer overflow/underflow detection.
         This option is intended for debugging and will impact performance
-        negatively.  This option is disabled by default unless
-        <option>--enable-debug</option> is specified during configuration, in
-        which case it is enabled by default.</para></listitem>
+        negatively.  This option is disabled by default.</para></listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
       <varlistentry id="opt.zero">
diff --git a/src/jemalloc.c b/src/jemalloc.c
index 1622937d..9b8b52d2 100644
--- a/src/jemalloc.c
+++ b/src/jemalloc.c
@@ -14,17 +14,15 @@ const char	*je_malloc_conf JEMALLOC_ATTR(visibility("default"));
 bool	opt_abort = true;
 #  ifdef JEMALLOC_FILL
 bool	opt_junk = true;
-bool	opt_redzone = true;
 #  else
 bool	opt_junk = false;
-bool	opt_redzone = false;
 #  endif
 #else
 bool	opt_abort = false;
 bool	opt_junk = false;
-bool	opt_redzone = false;
 #endif
 size_t	opt_quarantine = ZU(0);
+bool	opt_redzone = false;
 bool	opt_utrace = false;
 bool	opt_valgrind = false;
 bool	opt_xmalloc = false;