diff --git a/src/HOL/Tools/etc/options b/src/HOL/Tools/etc/options
--- a/src/HOL/Tools/etc/options
+++ b/src/HOL/Tools/etc/options
@@ -1,45 +1,45 @@
 (* :mode=isabelle-options: *)
 
 section "Automatically tried tools"
 
 public option auto_time_start : real = 1.0
   -- "initial delay for automatically tried tools (seconds)"
 
 public option auto_time_limit : real = 2.0
   -- "time limit for automatically tried tools (seconds > 0)"
 
-public option auto_nitpick : bool = true
+public option auto_nitpick : bool = false
   -- "run Nitpick automatically"
 
 public option auto_sledgehammer : bool = false
   -- "run Sledgehammer automatically"
 
 public option auto_methods : bool = false
   -- "try standard proof methods automatically"
 
 public option auto_quickcheck : bool = true
   -- "run Quickcheck automatically"
 
 public option auto_solve_direct : bool = true
   -- "run solve_direct automatically"
 
 
 section "Miscellaneous Tools"
 
 public option sledgehammer_provers : string = "cvc4 z3 spass e remote_vampire"
   -- "provers for Sledgehammer (separated by blanks)"
 
 public option sledgehammer_timeout : int = 30
   -- "provers will be interrupted after this time (in seconds)"
 
 public option vampire_noncommercial : string = "unknown"
   -- "status of Vampire activation for noncommercial use (yes, no, unknown)"
 
 public option MaSh : string = "sml"
   -- "machine learning algorithm to use by Sledgehammer (nb_knn, nb, knn, none)"
 
 public option kodkod_scala : bool = true
   -- "invoke Nitpick/Kodkod via Isabelle/Scala (instead of external process)"
 
 public option kodkod_max_threads : int = 0
   -- "default max_threads for Nitpick/Kodkod (0: maximum of Java/Scala platform)"