diff --git a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/change/Submit.java b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/change/Submit.java
index 5f67e6e68f..935d44822d 100644
--- a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/change/Submit.java
+++ b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/change/Submit.java
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ public class Submit implements RestModifyView<RevisionResource, SubmitInput>,
     this.titlePattern = new ParameterizedString(MoreObjects.firstNonNull(
         cfg.getString("change", null, "submitTooltip"),
         DEFAULT_TOOLTIP));
-    submitWholeTopic = cfg.getBoolean("change", null, "submitWholeTopic" , false);
+    submitWholeTopic = false;
     this.submitTopicLabel = MoreObjects.firstNonNull(
         Strings.emptyToNull(cfg.getString("change", null, "submitTopicLabel")),
         "Submit whole topic");