diff --git a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Config.pm b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Config.pm
index 1ac712941..314b72db5 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Config.pm
+++ b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Config.pm
@@ -5372,12 +5372,11 @@ sub update_config_file( $ ) {
 	update_default( 'BALANCE_PROVIDERS', 'Yes' );
     }
 
-    update_default( 'EXPORTMODULES',     'No' );
-    update_default( 'RESTART',           'reload' );
-    update_default( 'PAGER',             $shorewallrc1{DEFAULT_PAGER} );
-    update_default( 'LOGFORMAT',         'Shorewall:%s:%s:' );
-    update_default( 'LOGLIMIT',          '' );
-    update_default( 'USE_NFLOG_SIZE',    'No' );
+    update_default( 'EXPORTMODULES',         'No' );
+    update_default( 'RESTART',               'reload' );
+    update_default( 'PAGER',                 $shorewallrc1{DEFAULT_PAGER} );
+    update_default( 'LOGFORMAT',             'Shorewall:%s:%s:' );
+    update_default( 'LOGLIMIT',              '' );
 
     if ( $family == F_IPV4 ) {
 	update_default( 'BLACKLIST_DEFAULT', 'dropBcasts,dropNotSyn,dropInvalid' );
diff --git a/Shorewall6/Samples6/Universal/shorewall6.conf b/Shorewall6/Samples6/Universal/shorewall6.conf
index 30841349c..f1750ccfb 100644
--- a/Shorewall6/Samples6/Universal/shorewall6.conf
+++ b/Shorewall6/Samples6/Universal/shorewall6.conf
@@ -206,6 +206,8 @@ REQUIRE_INTERFACE=Yes
 
 RESTART=restart
 
+RESTORE_DEFAULT_ROUTE=Yes
+
 RESTORE_ROUTEMARKS=Yes
 
 SAVE_IPSETS=No
diff --git a/Shorewall6/Samples6/one-interface/shorewall6.conf b/Shorewall6/Samples6/one-interface/shorewall6.conf
index a12791ace..a6a1d7391 100644
--- a/Shorewall6/Samples6/one-interface/shorewall6.conf
+++ b/Shorewall6/Samples6/one-interface/shorewall6.conf
@@ -207,6 +207,8 @@ REQUIRE_INTERFACE=No
 
 RESTART=restart
 
+RESTORE_DEFAULT_ROUTE=Yes
+
 RESTORE_ROUTEMARKS=Yes
 
 SAVE_IPSETS=No
diff --git a/Shorewall6/Samples6/three-interfaces/shorewall6.conf b/Shorewall6/Samples6/three-interfaces/shorewall6.conf
index bb67f7561..88cd85b6a 100644
--- a/Shorewall6/Samples6/three-interfaces/shorewall6.conf
+++ b/Shorewall6/Samples6/three-interfaces/shorewall6.conf
@@ -206,6 +206,8 @@ REQUIRE_INTERFACE=No
 
 RESTART=restart
 
+RESTORE_DEFAULT_ROUTE=Yes
+
 RESTORE_ROUTEMARKS=Yes
 
 SAVE_IPSETS=No
diff --git a/Shorewall6/Samples6/two-interfaces/shorewall6.conf b/Shorewall6/Samples6/two-interfaces/shorewall6.conf
index 9cc144a2a..00bfe6256 100644
--- a/Shorewall6/Samples6/two-interfaces/shorewall6.conf
+++ b/Shorewall6/Samples6/two-interfaces/shorewall6.conf
@@ -206,6 +206,8 @@ REQUIRE_INTERFACE=No
 
 RESTART=restart
 
+RESTORE_DEFAULT_ROUTE=Yes
+
 RESTORE_ROUTEMARKS=Yes
 
 SAVE_IPSETS=No
diff --git a/Shorewall6/configfiles/shorewall6.conf b/Shorewall6/configfiles/shorewall6.conf
index 912ad537c..6992b9b38 100644
--- a/Shorewall6/configfiles/shorewall6.conf
+++ b/Shorewall6/configfiles/shorewall6.conf
@@ -206,6 +206,8 @@ REQUIRE_INTERFACE=No
 
 RESTART=restart
 
+RESTORE_DEFAULT_ROUTE=Yes
+
 RESTORE_ROUTEMARKS=Yes
 
 SAVE_IPSETS=No