diff --git a/src/vs/editor/common/config/editorOptions.ts b/src/vs/editor/common/config/editorOptions.ts
index 5be479dd741986d8a0940e54e6d54775df3d6844..37be56bdebd057b7337bdd444f6b3c46743160ae 100644
--- a/src/vs/editor/common/config/editorOptions.ts
+++ b/src/vs/editor/common/config/editorOptions.ts
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ export interface IEditorOptions {
 	scrollBeyondLastLine?: boolean;
 	/**
 	 * Enable that the editor animates scrolling to a position.
-	 * Defaults to true.
+	 * Defaults to false.
 	 */
 	smoothScrolling?: boolean;
 	/**
@@ -2139,7 +2139,7 @@ export const EDITOR_DEFAULTS: IValidatedEditorOptions = {
 		cursorStyle: TextEditorCursorStyle.Line,
 		hideCursorInOverviewRuler: false,
 		scrollBeyondLastLine: true,
-		smoothScrolling: true,
+		smoothScrolling: false,
 		stopRenderingLineAfter: 10000,
 		renderWhitespace: 'none',
 		renderControlCharacters: false,
diff --git a/src/vs/monaco.d.ts b/src/vs/monaco.d.ts
index 1996025a275dad5843f96b9472caa9afa8330f63..8f2c06c6c6102a2cce82b1fb6632b2d16afd12d0 100644
--- a/src/vs/monaco.d.ts
+++ b/src/vs/monaco.d.ts
@@ -2821,7 +2821,7 @@ declare module monaco.editor {
 		scrollBeyondLastLine?: boolean;
 		/**
 		 * Enable that the editor animates scrolling to a position.
-		 * Defaults to true.
+		 * Defaults to false.
 		 */
 		smoothScrolling?: boolean;
 		/**