diff --git a/core/java/android/service/dreams/DreamService.java b/core/java/android/service/dreams/DreamService.java
index 345917220b6b4..7da0e12564257 100644
--- a/core/java/android/service/dreams/DreamService.java
+++ b/core/java/android/service/dreams/DreamService.java
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ public class DreamService extends Service implements Window.Callback {
      * The default value for whether to show complications on the overlay.
      * @hide
      */
-    public static final boolean DEFAULT_SHOW_COMPLICATIONS = true;
+    public static final boolean DEFAULT_SHOW_COMPLICATIONS = false;
 
     private final IDreamManager mDreamManager;
     private final Handler mHandler = new Handler(Looper.getMainLooper());
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/dreams/DreamOverlayServiceTest.java b/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/dreams/DreamOverlayServiceTest.java
index 58ffbfa763281..8e4708f26a9e6 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/dreams/DreamOverlayServiceTest.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/dreams/DreamOverlayServiceTest.java
@@ -147,19 +147,19 @@ public class DreamOverlayServiceTest extends SysuiTestCase {
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void testShouldShowComplicationsTrueByDefault() {
+    public void testShouldShowComplicationsFalseByDefault() {
         mService.onBind(new Intent());
 
-        assertThat(mService.shouldShowComplications()).isTrue();
+        assertThat(mService.shouldShowComplications()).isFalse();
     }
 
     @Test
     public void testShouldShowComplicationsSetByIntentExtra() {
         final Intent intent = new Intent();
-        intent.putExtra(DreamService.EXTRA_SHOW_COMPLICATIONS, false);
+        intent.putExtra(DreamService.EXTRA_SHOW_COMPLICATIONS, true);
         mService.onBind(intent);
 
-        assertThat(mService.shouldShowComplications()).isFalse();
+        assertThat(mService.shouldShowComplications()).isTrue();
     }
 
     @Test
diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/dreams/DreamOverlayStateControllerTest.java b/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/dreams/DreamOverlayStateControllerTest.java
index 515a1ac814a95..81aa42b38b9a0 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/dreams/DreamOverlayStateControllerTest.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/tests/src/com/android/systemui/dreams/DreamOverlayStateControllerTest.java
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ public class DreamOverlayStateControllerTest extends SysuiTestCase {
     public void testComplicationFilteringWhenShouldShowComplications() {
         final DreamOverlayStateController stateController =
                 new DreamOverlayStateController(mExecutor);
+        stateController.setShouldShowComplications(true);
 
         final Complication alwaysAvailableComplication = Mockito.mock(Complication.class);
         final Complication weatherComplication = Mockito.mock(Complication.class);