diff --git a/data/scene/default.scene b/data/scene/default.scene
index 2ee6def12b..1f1176a27b 100644
--- a/data/scene/default.scene
+++ b/data/scene/default.scene
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ function postInitialization()
 
     openspace.printInfo("Done setting default values")
 
-    openspace.setPerformanceMeasurement(true)
-
     if openspace.modules.isLoaded("ISWA") then
     
         openspace.iswa.addCdfFiles("${OPENSPACE_DATA}/cdflist.json");