diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e07f86a4..1e30b86b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -249,8 +249,7 @@ parallel requests to your server and changes made to the session in one
 request may get overwritten when the other request ends, even if it made no
 changes (this behavior also depends on what store you're using).
 
-The default value is `true`, but using the default has been deprecated,
-as the default will change in the future. Please research into this setting
+The default value is `false`. Please research into this setting
 and choose what is appropriate to your use-case. Typically, you'll want
 `false`.
 
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index d57bf8a2..408d9cf7 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -108,8 +108,7 @@ function session(options) {
   }
 
   if (resaveSession === undefined) {
-    deprecate('undefined resave option; provide resave option');
-    resaveSession = true;
+    resaveSession = false;
   }
 
   if (saveUninitializedSession === undefined) {
diff --git a/test/session.js b/test/session.js
index 14edbab5..085eaff3 100644
--- a/test/session.js
+++ b/test/session.js
@@ -936,7 +936,7 @@ describe('session()', function(){
   });
 
   describe('resave option', function(){
-    it('should default to true', function(done){
+    it('should default to false', function(done){
       var store = new session.MemoryStore()
       var server = createServer({ store: store }, function (req, res) {
         req.session.user = 'bob'
@@ -946,14 +946,15 @@ describe('session()', function(){
       request(server)
       .get('/')
       .expect(shouldSetSessionInStore(store))
-      .expect(200, function(err, res){
-        if (err) return done(err);
+      .expect(200, function (err, res) {
+        if (err) return done(err)
+
         request(server)
-        .get('/')
-        .set('Cookie', cookie(res))
-        .expect(shouldSetSessionInStore(store))
-        .expect(200, done);
-      });
+          .get('/')
+          .set('Cookie', cookie(res))
+          .expect(shouldNotSetSessionInStore(store))
+          .expect(200, done)
+      })
     });
 
     describe('when true', function () {