diff --git a/gajim/common/config.py b/gajim/common/config.py
index f6c0b6ffa..7144ebf42 100644
--- a/gajim/common/config.py
+++ b/gajim/common/config.py
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ class Config:
                     'keyname': [ opt_str, '', '', True ],
                     'allow_plaintext_connection': [ opt_bool, False, _('Allow plaintext connections')],
                     'tls_version': [ opt_str, '1.2', '' ],
-                    'cipher_list': [ opt_str, 'HIGH:!aNULL:RC4-SHA', '' ],
+                    'cipher_list': [ opt_str, 'HIGH:!aNULL', '' ],
                     'authentication_mechanisms': [ opt_str, '', _('List (space separated) of authentication mechanisms to try. Can contain ANONYMOUS, EXTERNAL, GSSAPI, SCRAM-SHA-1-PLUS, SCRAM-SHA-1, DIGEST-MD5, PLAIN, X-MESSENGER-OAUTH2 or XEP-0078') ],
                     'action_when_plaintext_connection': [ opt_str, 'warn', _('Show a warning dialog before sending password on an plaintext connection. Can be \'warn\', \'connect\', \'disconnect\'') ],
                     'warn_when_insecure_ssl_connection': [ opt_bool, True, _('Show a warning dialog before using standard SSL library.') ],