diff --git a/install/data/defaults.json b/install/data/defaults.json
index d90730d396..574a8bfe01 100644
--- a/install/data/defaults.json
+++ b/install/data/defaults.json
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
     "newbieChatMessageDelay": 120000,
     "notificationSendDelay": 60,
     "newbieReputationThreshold": 3,
-    "postQueue": 1,
-    "postQueueReputationThreshold": 1,
+    "postQueue": 0,
+    "postQueueReputationThreshold": 0,
     "groupsExemptFromPostQueue": ["administrators", "Global Moderators"],
     "groupsExemptFromNewUserRestrictions": ["administrators", "Global Moderators"],
     "groupsExemptFromMaintenanceMode": ["administrators", "Global Moderators"],
diff --git a/test/topics.js b/test/topics.js
index 023b737bf3..eaae7d76c7 100644
--- a/test/topics.js
+++ b/test/topics.js
@@ -54,14 +54,6 @@ describe('Topic\'s', () => {
 	});
 
 	describe('.post', () => {
-		before(() => {
-			meta.config.postQueue = 0;
-		});
-
-		after(() => {
-			meta.config.postQueue = 1;
-		});
-
 		it('should fail to create topic with invalid data', async () => {
 			try {
 				await apiTopics.create({ uid: 0 }, null);
@@ -2345,12 +2337,6 @@ describe('Topic\'s', () => {
 				content: 'The content of scheduled test topic',
 				timestamp: new Date(Date.now() + 86400000).getTime(),
 			};
-
-			meta.config.postQueue = 0;
-		});
-
-		after(() => {
-			meta.config.postQueue = 1;
 		});
 
 		it('should create a scheduled topic as pinned, deleted, included in "topics:scheduled" zset and with a timestamp in future', async () => {