diff --git a/mgmt/RecordsConfig.cc b/mgmt/RecordsConfig.cc
index 1ab7c54e61b..cd661dc099b 100644
--- a/mgmt/RecordsConfig.cc
+++ b/mgmt/RecordsConfig.cc
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ static const RecordElement RecordsConfig[] =
   // By default Traffic Server set number of execution threads equal to total CPUs
   {RECT_CONFIG, "proxy.config.exec_thread.autoconfig", RECD_INT, "1", RECU_RESTART_TS, RR_NULL, RECC_INT, "[0-1]", RECA_READ_ONLY}
   ,
-  {RECT_CONFIG, "proxy.config.exec_thread.autoconfig.scale", RECD_FLOAT, "1.5", RECU_RESTART_TS, RR_NULL, RECC_NULL, nullptr, RECA_READ_ONLY}
+  {RECT_CONFIG, "proxy.config.exec_thread.autoconfig.scale", RECD_FLOAT, "1", RECU_RESTART_TS, RR_NULL, RECC_NULL, nullptr, RECA_READ_ONLY}
   ,
   {RECT_CONFIG, "proxy.config.exec_thread.limit", RECD_INT, "2", RECU_RESTART_TS, RR_NULL, RECC_INT, "[1-" TS_STR(TS_MAX_NUMBER_EVENT_THREADS) "]", RECA_READ_ONLY}
   ,