diff --git a/Documentation/git-pull.txt b/Documentation/git-pull.txt
index 21b50aff77..672371e989 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-pull.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-pull.txt
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ However, a non-fast-forward case looks very different.
 	origin/master in your repository
 ------------
 
-By default `git pull` will warn about these situations, however, most likely
-you would want to force a merge, which you can do with `git pull --merge`.
+By default `git pull` will fail on these situations, you will have to
+specify whether you want `--merge` or `--rebase`.
 
 Then "`git pull`" will fetch and replay the changes from the remote
 `master` branch since it diverged from the local `master` (i.e., `E`)
diff --git a/builtin/pull.c b/builtin/pull.c
index 734a2c04b8..7ddc11a4bc 100644
--- a/builtin/pull.c
+++ b/builtin/pull.c
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ static enum pull_mode_type config_get_pull_mode(void)
 	if (!git_config_get_value("pull.mode", &value))
 		return parse_config_pull_mode("pull.mode", value);
 
-	return PULL_MODE_DEFAULT;
+	return PULL_MODE_FF_ONLY;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1091,23 +1091,6 @@ int cmd_pull(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	if (mode == PULL_MODE_FF_ONLY && !can_ff)
 		die(_("The pull was not fast-forward, please either merge or rebase.\n"));
 
-	if (!opt_rebase && !can_ff && opt_verbosity >= 0 && (!opt_ff || !strcmp(opt_ff, "--ff"))) {
-		advise(_("The pull was not fast-forward, in the future you will have to choose a merge, or a rebase.\n"
-			"\n"
-			"To quell this message you have two main options:\n"
-			"\n"
-			"1. Adopt the new behavior:\n"
-			"\n"
-			"  git config --global pull.mode ff-only\n"
-			"\n"
-			"2. Maintain the current behavior:\n"
-			"\n"
-			"  git config --global pull.mode merge\n"
-			"\n"
-			"For now we will fall back to the traditional behavior (merge).\n"
-			"Read \"git pull --help\" for more information."));
-	}
-
 	if (opt_rebase >= REBASE_TRUE) {
 		int ret = 0;
 
diff --git a/t/t5520-pull.sh b/t/t5520-pull.sh
index d4718dbc02..84685786da 100755
--- a/t/t5520-pull.sh
+++ b/t/t5520-pull.sh
@@ -879,39 +879,31 @@ setup_non_ff () {
 	setup_other master^
 }
 
-test_expect_success 'fast-forward (pull.mode=ff-only)' '
+test_expect_success 'fast-forward (default)' '
 	setup_ff &&
-	git -c pull.mode=ff-only pull
+	git pull
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'non-fast-forward (pull.mode=ff-only)' '
+test_expect_success 'non-fast-forward (default)' '
 	setup_non_ff &&
-	test_must_fail git -c pull.mode=ff-only pull
+	test_must_fail git pull
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'non-fast-forward with merge (pull.mode=ff-only)' '
+test_expect_success 'non-fast-forward with merge (default)' '
 	setup_non_ff &&
-	git -c pull.mode=ff-only pull --merge
+	git pull --merge
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'non-fast-forward with rebase (pull.mode=ff-only)' '
+test_expect_success 'non-fast-forward with rebase (default)' '
 	setup_non_ff &&
-	git -c pull.mode=ff-only pull --rebase
+	git pull --rebase
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'non-fast-forward error message (pull.mode=ff-only)' '
+test_expect_success 'non-fast-forward error message (default)' '
 	setup_non_ff &&
-	test_must_fail git -c pull.mode=ff-only pull 2> error &&
+	test_must_fail git pull 2> error &&
 	cat error &&
 	test_i18ngrep "The pull was not fast-forward" error
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'non-fast-forward warning (default)' '
-	setup_non_ff &&
-	git pull 2> error &&
-	cat error &&
-	test_i18ngrep "The pull was not fast-forward" error &&
-	test_i18ngrep "in the future you will have to choose" error
-'
-
 test_done
diff --git a/t/t7601-merge-pull-config.sh b/t/t7601-merge-pull-config.sh
index 149fc2a009..c6c44ec570 100755
--- a/t/t7601-merge-pull-config.sh
+++ b/t/t7601-merge-pull-config.sh
@@ -27,78 +27,6 @@ test_expect_success 'setup' '
 	git tag c3
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'pull.rebase not set' '
-	git reset --hard c2 &&
-	git -c color.advice=always pull . c1 2>err &&
-	test_decode_color <err >decoded &&
-	test_i18ngrep "<YELLOW>hint: " decoded &&
-	test_i18ngrep "in the future you will have to choose" decoded
-'
-
-test_expect_success 'pull.rebase not set (fast-forward)' '
-	git reset --hard c0 &&
-	git pull . c1 2>err &&
-	test_i18ngrep ! "in the future you will have to choose" err
-'
-
-test_expect_success 'pull.mode set' '
-	git reset --hard c2 &&
-	test_config pull.mode merge &&
-	git pull . c1 2>err &&
-	test_i18ngrep ! "in the future you will have to choose" err
-'
-
-test_expect_success 'pull.rebase not set and pull.ff=true' '
-	git reset --hard c2 &&
-	test_config pull.ff true &&
-	git pull . c1 2>err &&
-	test_i18ngrep "in the future you will have to choose" err
-'
-
-test_expect_success 'pull.rebase not set and pull.ff=false' '
-	git reset --hard c2 &&
-	test_config pull.ff false &&
-	git pull . c1 2>err &&
-	test_i18ngrep ! "in the future you will have to choose" err
-'
-
-test_expect_success 'pull.rebase not set and pull.ff=only' '
-	git reset --hard c2 &&
-	test_config pull.ff only &&
-	test_must_fail git pull . c1 2>err &&
-	test_i18ngrep ! "in the future you will have to choose" err
-'
-
-test_expect_success 'pull.rebase not set and --rebase given' '
-	git reset --hard c2 &&
-	git pull --rebase . c1 2>err &&
-	test_i18ngrep ! "in the future you will have to choose" err
-'
-
-test_expect_success 'pull.rebase not set and --merge given' '
-	git reset --hard c2 &&
-	git pull --merge . c1 2>err &&
-	test_i18ngrep ! "in the future you will have to choose" err
-'
-
-test_expect_success 'pull.rebase not set and --ff given' '
-	git reset --hard c2 &&
-	git pull --ff . c1 2>err &&
-	test_i18ngrep "in the future you will have to choose" err
-'
-
-test_expect_success 'pull.rebase not set and --no-ff given' '
-	git reset --hard c2 &&
-	git pull --no-ff . c1 2>err &&
-	test_i18ngrep ! "in the future you will have to choose" err
-'
-
-test_expect_success 'pull.rebase not set and --ff-only given' '
-	git reset --hard c2 &&
-	test_must_fail git pull --ff-only . c1 2>err &&
-	test_i18ngrep ! "in the future you will have to choose" err
-'
-
 test_expect_success 'merge c1 with c2' '
 	git reset --hard c1 &&
 	test -f c0.c &&
