diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/netty-4.0/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/netty40/ChannelFutureListenerInstrumentation.java b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/netty-4.0/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/netty40/ChannelFutureListenerInstrumentation.java
index e93085ee171..cf304035612 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/netty-4.0/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/netty40/ChannelFutureListenerInstrumentation.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/netty-4.0/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/netty40/ChannelFutureListenerInstrumentation.java
@@ -31,11 +31,6 @@ public ChannelFutureListenerInstrumentation() {
     super("netty", "netty-4.0");
   }
 
-  @Override
-  protected boolean defaultEnabled() {
-    return false;
-  }
-
   @Override
   public ElementMatcher<TypeDescription> typeMatcher() {
     return not(isInterface())
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/netty-4.1/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/netty41/ChannelFutureListenerInstrumentation.java b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/netty-4.1/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/netty41/ChannelFutureListenerInstrumentation.java
index 2ed585e401a..a7763bb0964 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/netty-4.1/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/netty41/ChannelFutureListenerInstrumentation.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/netty-4.1/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/netty41/ChannelFutureListenerInstrumentation.java
@@ -31,11 +31,6 @@ public ChannelFutureListenerInstrumentation() {
     super("netty", "netty-4.0");
   }
 
-  @Override
-  protected boolean defaultEnabled() {
-    return false;
-  }
-
   @Override
   public ElementMatcher<TypeDescription> typeMatcher() {
     return not(isInterface())