diff --git a/plugin/airline.vim b/plugin/airline.vim
index 36345d10..34a19b38 100644
--- a/plugin/airline.vim
+++ b/plugin/airline.vim
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ call s:check_defined('g:airline_enable_branch', 1)
 call s:check_defined('g:airline_enable_syntastic', 1)
 call s:check_defined('g:airline_enable_tagbar', 1)
 call s:check_defined('g:airline_enable_csv', 1)
-call s:check_defined('g:airline_enable_hunks', 1)
+call s:check_defined('g:airline_enable_hunks', 0)
 call s:check_defined('g:airline_detect_iminsert', 0)
 call s:check_defined('g:airline_detect_modified', 1)
 call s:check_defined('g:airline_detect_paste', 1)