diff --git a/packages/core/src/install/extendInstallOptions.ts b/packages/core/src/install/extendInstallOptions.ts
index d017a6cca19..35ae14d4e48 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/install/extendInstallOptions.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/install/extendInstallOptions.ts
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ const defaults = async (opts: InstallOptions) => {
     preferFrozenLockfile: true,
     preferWorkspacePackages: false,
     preserveWorkspaceProtocol: true,
-    pruneLockfileImporters: true,
+    pruneLockfileImporters: false,
     pruneStore: false,
     rawConfig: {},
     registries: DEFAULT_REGISTRIES,