diff --git a/l/cli.py b/l/cli.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/l/cli.py
+++ b/l/cli.py
@@ -120,7 +120,6 @@ I_hate_everything = [
     click.option(
         "--no-group-directories-first", "sort_by",
         flag_value=lambda thing : thing,
-        default=True,
         help="Show content in alphabetical order regardless of type",
     ),
     click.argument(
Remove the default to allow run to decide what to use.