diff --git a/src/extension/internal/svg.cpp b/src/extension/internal/svg.cpp
index 4d14a3a29a4e43a0b9e4779aa5d8f3c1a29c7f11..f015a7e2ea861ffa4a18625c3c5cf14257cb2a26 100644
--- a/src/extension/internal/svg.cpp
+++ b/src/extension/internal/svg.cpp
@@ -966,7 +966,7 @@ Svg::save(Inkscape::Extension::Output *mod, SPDocument *doc, gchar const *filena
         prefs->getBool("/dialogs/save_as/enable_svgexport", false);
 
     bool const insert_text_fallback_flag =
-        prefs->getBool("/options/svgexport/text_insertfallback", true);
+        prefs->getBool("/options/svgexport/text_shape_fallback", false);
     bool const insert_mesh_polyfill_flag =
         prefs->getBool("/options/svgexport/mesh_insertpolyfill", true);
     bool const insert_hatch_polyfill_flag =
diff --git a/src/ui/dialog/inkscape-preferences.cpp b/src/ui/dialog/inkscape-preferences.cpp
index 7bd63187b5705bdb5f8227256a717abc59f109da..a1e931810d3354c7d2d3ae5c191304e3215e2ce6 100644
--- a/src/ui/dialog/inkscape-preferences.cpp
+++ b/src/ui/dialog/inkscape-preferences.cpp
@@ -1535,7 +1535,7 @@ void InkscapePreferences::initPageIO()
 
     // SVG 2 Fallbacks
     _page_svgexport.add_group_header( _("SVG 2"));
-    _svgexport_insert_text_fallback.init( _("Insert SVG 1.1 fallback in text."),                                     "/options/svgexport/text_insertfallback",    true );
+    _svgexport_insert_text_fallback.init( _("Insert SVG 1.1 fallback in text."), "/options/svgexport/text_shape_fallback", false );
     _svgexport_insert_mesh_polyfill.init( _("Insert JavaScript code for mesh gradients."),                            "/options/svgexport/mesh_insertpolyfill",    true );
     _svgexport_insert_hatch_polyfill.init( _("Insert JavaScript code for SVG2 hatches."),                       "/options/svgexport/hatch_insertpolyfill",   true );