diff --git a/debian/gitlab.templates b/debian/gitlab.templates
index 4a85870d23..8853d3602b 100644
--- a/debian/gitlab.templates
+++ b/debian/gitlab.templates
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ _Description: Fully qualified domain name for this instance of Gitlab:
 
 Template: gitlab/ssl
 Type: boolean
-Default: true
+Default: false
 _Description: Enable https?
  Enabling https means that an SSL certificate is required to access this Gitlab
  instance (as Nginx will be configured to respond only to https requests). A
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ _Description: Enable https?
 
 Template: gitlab/letsencrypt
 Type: boolean
-Default: true
+Default: false
 _Description: Use Let's Encrypt?
  Symbolic links to certificate and key created using letsencrypt package
  (/etc/letencrypt/live) will be added to /etc/gitlab/ssl if this option is