diff --git a/.github/workflows/bake.yml b/.github/workflows/bake.yml
index 3f8e529..b76b106 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bake.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bake.yml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ on:
         type: boolean
         description: "Install QEMU static binaries"
         required: false
-        default: true
+        default: false
       # same as docker/metadata-action inputs (minus sep-tags, sep-labels, sep-annotations, bake-target)
       meta-images:
         type: string
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index f7b9996..da14865 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ on:
         type: boolean
         description: "Install QEMU static binaries"
         required: false
-        default: true
+        default: false
       # same as docker/metadata-action inputs (minus sep-tags, sep-labels, sep-annotations, bake-target)
       meta-images:
         type: string