diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/servlet/WebMvcProperties.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/servlet/WebMvcProperties.java
index 5f53ea2a6165..2a8669c2d1dc 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/servlet/WebMvcProperties.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/servlet/WebMvcProperties.java
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ public static class Pathmatch {
 		/**
 		 * Choice of strategy for matching request paths against registered mappings.
 		 */
-		private MatchingStrategy matchingStrategy = MatchingStrategy.PATH_PATTERN_PARSER;
+		private MatchingStrategy matchingStrategy = MatchingStrategy.ANT_PATH_MATCHER;
 
 		/**
 		 * Whether to use suffix pattern match (".*") when matching patterns to requests.
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/servlet/WebMvcAutoConfigurationTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/servlet/WebMvcAutoConfigurationTests.java
index e9c314fc0370..3e929144d28a 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/servlet/WebMvcAutoConfigurationTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/servlet/WebMvcAutoConfigurationTests.java
@@ -849,8 +849,7 @@ void defaultPathMatching() {
 	@Deprecated
 	@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
 	void useSuffixPatternMatch() {
-		this.contextRunner.withPropertyValues("spring.mvc.pathmatch.matching-strategy=ant-path-matcher",
-				"spring.mvc.pathmatch.use-suffix-pattern:true",
+		this.contextRunner.withPropertyValues("spring.mvc.pathmatch.use-suffix-pattern:true",
 				"spring.mvc.pathmatch.use-registered-suffix-pattern:true").run((context) -> {
 					RequestMappingHandlerMapping handlerMapping = context.getBean(RequestMappingHandlerMapping.class);
 					assertThat(handlerMapping.useSuffixPatternMatch()).isTrue();