diff --git a/compiler/noirc_driver/src/lib.rs b/compiler/noirc_driver/src/lib.rs
index 1b311504b5c..69533a58f81 100644
--- a/compiler/noirc_driver/src/lib.rs
+++ b/compiler/noirc_driver/src/lib.rs
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ pub struct CompileOptions {
     /// Setting to decide on an inlining strategy for Brillig functions.
     /// A more aggressive inliner should generate larger programs but more optimized
     /// A less aggressive inliner should generate smaller programs
-    #[arg(long, hide = true, allow_hyphen_values = true, default_value_t = i64::MAX)]
+    #[arg(long, hide = true, allow_hyphen_values = true, default_value_t = 0)]
     pub inliner_aggressiveness: i64,
 
     /// Setting the maximum acceptable increase in Brillig bytecode size due to