diff --git a/src/coreclr/inc/clrconfigvalues.h b/src/coreclr/inc/clrconfigvalues.h
index 45674a77c353..d9571f077645 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/inc/clrconfigvalues.h
+++ b/src/coreclr/inc/clrconfigvalues.h
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ RETAIL_CONFIG_DWORD_INFO(UNSUPPORTED_legacyCorruptedStateExceptionsPolicy, W("le
 CONFIG_DWORD_INFO(INTERNAL_SuppressLostExceptionTypeAssert, W("SuppressLostExceptionTypeAssert"), 0, "")
 RETAIL_CONFIG_DWORD_INFO(INTERNAL_UseEntryPointFilter, W("UseEntryPointFilter"), 0, "")
 RETAIL_CONFIG_DWORD_INFO(INTERNAL_Corhost_Swallow_Uncaught_Exceptions, W("Corhost_Swallow_Uncaught_Exceptions"), 0, "")
-RETAIL_CONFIG_DWORD_INFO(EXTERNAL_LegacyExceptionHandling, W("LegacyExceptionHandling"), 0, "Enable legacy exception handling.");
+RETAIL_CONFIG_DWORD_INFO(EXTERNAL_LegacyExceptionHandling, W("LegacyExceptionHandling"), 1, "Enable legacy exception handling.");
 
 
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