diff --git a/g10/gpg.c b/g10/gpg.c
index 5b4fba611..df6c24699 100644
--- a/g10/gpg.c
+++ b/g10/gpg.c
@@ -2249,7 +2249,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
     opt.mangle_dos_filenames = 0;
     opt.min_cert_level = 2;
     set_screen_dimensions ();
-    opt.keyid_format = KF_SHORT;
+    opt.keyid_format = KF_NONE;
     opt.def_sig_expire = "0";
     opt.def_cert_expire = "0";
     set_homedir (default_homedir ());
diff --git a/g10/keyid.c b/g10/keyid.c
index 4cdc41d2a..e67f67f65 100644
--- a/g10/keyid.c
+++ b/g10/keyid.c
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ format_keyid (u32 *keyid, int format, char *buffer, int len)
   if (format == KF_DEFAULT)
     format = opt.keyid_format;
   if (format == KF_DEFAULT)
-    format = KF_SHORT;
+    format = KF_NONE;
 
   switch (format)
     {
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ keystrlen(void)
 {
   int format = opt.keyid_format;
   if (format == KF_DEFAULT)
-    format = KF_SHORT;
+    format = KF_NONE;
 
   switch(format)
     {