--- a/mercurial/archival.py	Tue Jul 11 08:52:55 2017 -0700
+++ b/mercurial/archival.py	Fri Jul 14 14:22:40 2017 -0700
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@
     ctx = repo[node]
     archiver = archivers[kind](dest, mtime or ctx.date()[0])
 
-    if repo.ui.configbool("ui", "archivemeta", True):
+    if repo.ui.configbool("ui", "archivemeta"):
         name = '.hg_archival.txt'
         if not matchfn or matchfn(name):
             write(name, 0o644, False, lambda: buildmetadata(ctx))