diff --git a/deluge/plugins/Blocklist/deluge/plugins/blocklist/core.py b/deluge/plugins/Blocklist/deluge/plugins/blocklist/core.py
index 26be958f9..e73e7d7ef 100644
--- a/deluge/plugins/Blocklist/deluge/plugins/blocklist/core.py
+++ b/deluge/plugins/Blocklist/deluge/plugins/blocklist/core.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ from readers import ReaderParseError
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 DEFAULT_PREFS = {
-    "url": "http://deluge-torrent.org/blocklist/nipfilter.dat.gz",
+    "url": "",
     "load_on_start": False,
     "check_after_days": 4,
     "list_compression": "",