diff --git a/quickshell/Common/SettingsData.qml b/quickshell/Common/SettingsData.qml
index 44523253..054feb5c 100644
--- a/quickshell/Common/SettingsData.qml
+++ b/quickshell/Common/SettingsData.qml
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ Singleton {
     property bool matugenTemplateGhostty: true
     property bool matugenTemplateKitty: true
     property bool matugenTemplateFoot: true
-    property bool matugenTemplateNeovim: true
+    property bool matugenTemplateNeovim: false
     property bool matugenTemplateAlacritty: true
     property bool matugenTemplateWezterm: true
     property bool matugenTemplateDgop: true
diff --git a/quickshell/Common/settings/SettingsSpec.js b/quickshell/Common/settings/SettingsSpec.js
index 69bfd909..bb7195b6 100644
--- a/quickshell/Common/settings/SettingsSpec.js
+++ b/quickshell/Common/settings/SettingsSpec.js
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ var SPEC = {
     matugenTemplateKitty: { def: true },
     matugenTemplateFoot: { def: true },
     matugenTemplateAlacritty: { def: true },
-    matugenTemplateNeovim: { def: true },
+    matugenTemplateNeovim: { def: false },
     matugenTemplateWezterm: { def: true },
     matugenTemplateDgop: { def: true },
     matugenTemplateKcolorscheme: { def: true },