diff --git a/meshmode/mesh/refinement/__init__.py b/meshmode/mesh/refinement/__init__.py
index 3aeda0e8faca13ca78fc44f4e144cb9b5439a0b9..e911a4060ab7f452c1fd3b0088e7a12aa5a42932 100644
--- a/meshmode/mesh/refinement/__init__.py
+++ b/meshmode/mesh/refinement/__init__.py
@@ -934,7 +934,7 @@ class Refiner(object):
     # }}}
 
 
-def refine_uniformly(mesh, iterations, with_adjacency=True):
+def refine_uniformly(mesh, iterations, with_adjacency=False):
     if with_adjacency:
         refiner = Refiner(mesh)
     else: