diff --git a/man/systemd.network.xml b/man/systemd.network.xml
index 3af199e84a..9ef69fa1b7 100644
--- a/man/systemd.network.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.network.xml
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@
                                         <listitem>
                                                 <para>A boolean. When true, sets up the route needed for
                                                 non-IPv4LL hosts to communicate with IPv4LL-only hosts. Defaults
-                                                to true.
+                                                to false.
                                                 </para>
                                         </listitem>
                                 </varlistentry>
diff --git a/src/network/networkd-network.c b/src/network/networkd-network.c
index e326b3664e..11affb967b 100644
--- a/src/network/networkd-network.c
+++ b/src/network/networkd-network.c
@@ -79,8 +79,6 @@ static int network_load_one(Manager *manager, const char *filename) {
         if (!network->filename)
                 return log_oom();
 
-        network->ipv4ll_route = true;
-
         network->dhcp = DHCP_SUPPORT_NONE;
         network->dhcp_ntp = true;
         network->dhcp_dns = true;