--- a/hgext/largefiles/overrides.py	Tue Jul 11 08:52:55 2017 -0700
+++ b/hgext/largefiles/overrides.py	Fri Jul 14 14:22:40 2017 -0700
@@ -973,7 +973,7 @@
 
     archiver = archival.archivers[kind](dest, mtime or ctx.date()[0])
 
-    if repo.ui.configbool("ui", "archivemeta", True):
+    if repo.ui.configbool("ui", "archivemeta"):
         write('.hg_archival.txt', 0o644, False,
               lambda: archival.buildmetadata(ctx))