diff --git a/api/metrics-api-util/src/main/java/org/hawkular/metrics/api/jaxrs/config/ConfigurationKey.java b/api/metrics-api-util/src/main/java/org/hawkular/metrics/api/jaxrs/config/ConfigurationKey.java
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/api/metrics-api-util/src/main/java/org/hawkular/metrics/api/jaxrs/config/ConfigurationKey.java
+++ b/api/metrics-api-util/src/main/java/org/hawkular/metrics/api/jaxrs/config/ConfigurationKey.java
@@ -64,9 +64,9 @@ public enum ConfigurationKey {
     METRICS_REPORTING_ENABLED("hawkular.metrics.reporting.enabled", null, "METRICS_REPORTING_ENABLED", true),
 
     //Metric expiration job configuration
-    METRICS_EXPIRATION_DELAY("hawkular.metrics.expiration.delay", "1", "METRICS_EXPIRATION_DELAY", true),
+    METRICS_EXPIRATION_DELAY("hawkular.metrics.expiration.delay", "1", "METRICS_EXPIRATION_DELAY", false),
     METRICS_EXPIRATION_JOB_FREQUENCY("hawkular.metrics.expiration.job.frequency", "7",
-            "METRICS_EXPIRATION_JOB_FREQUENCY", true),
+            "METRICS_EXPIRATION_JOB_FREQUENCY", false),
 
     // Request logging properties
     // Useful for debugging
[HWKMETRICS-<I>] The configuration properties for the metrics expiration job are not flags.