diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Controls/ComboBox.cs b/src/Avalonia.Controls/ComboBox.cs
index 89cfb5fa8f..57c07916db 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Controls/ComboBox.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Controls/ComboBox.cs
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Controls
             FocusableProperty.OverrideDefaultValue<ComboBox>(true);
             SelectedItemProperty.Changed.AddClassHandler<ComboBox>((x,e) => x.SelectedItemChanged(e));
             KeyDownEvent.AddClassHandler<ComboBox>((x, e) => x.OnKeyDown(e), Interactivity.RoutingStrategies.Tunnel);
+            IsTextSearchEnabledProperty.OverrideDefaultValue<ComboBox>(true);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Controls/Primitives/SelectingItemsControl.cs b/src/Avalonia.Controls/Primitives/SelectingItemsControl.cs
index 2fd08ef77c..336ff711c0 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Controls/Primitives/SelectingItemsControl.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Controls/Primitives/SelectingItemsControl.cs
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Controls.Primitives
         /// Defines the <see cref="IsTextSearchEnabled"/> property.
         /// </summary>
         public static readonly StyledProperty<bool> IsTextSearchEnabledProperty =
-            AvaloniaProperty.Register<ItemsControl, bool>(nameof(IsTextSearchEnabled), true);
+            AvaloniaProperty.Register<ItemsControl, bool>(nameof(IsTextSearchEnabled), false);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Event that should be raised by items that implement <see cref="ISelectable"/> to