diff --git a/DEPRECATIONS.md b/DEPRECATIONS.md
index e9a692a181..01caca394c 100644
--- a/DEPRECATIONS.md
+++ b/DEPRECATIONS.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ The following is a list of deprecations, according to the [Deprecation Policy](h
 | ID     | Change                                          | Issue                                                                | Deprecation [ℹ️][i_deprecation] | Planned Removal [ℹ️][i_removal] | Status [ℹ️][i_status] | Notes |
 |--------|-------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|-----------------------|-------|
 | DEPPS1 | Native MongoDB syntax in aggregation pipeline   | [#7338](https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/issues/7338) | 5.0.0 (2022)                    | 6.0.0 (2023)                    | deprecated            | -     |
-| DEPPS2 | Config option `directAccess` defaults to `true` | [#6636](https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/pull/6636)   | 5.0.0 (2022)                    | 6.0.0 (2023)                    | deprecated            | -     |
+| DEPPS2 | Config option `directAccess` defaults to `true` | [#6636](https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/pull/6636)   | 5.0.0 (2022)                    | 6.0.0 (2023)                    | removed            | -     |
 | DEPPS3 | Config option `enforcePrivateUsers` defaults to `true` | [#7319](https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/pull/7319)   | 5.0.0 (2022)                    | 6.0.0 (2023)                    | deprecated            | -     |
 | DEPPS4 | Remove convenience method for http request `Parse.Cloud.httpRequest` | [#7589](https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/pull/7589)   | 5.0.0 (2022)                    | 6.0.0 (2023)                    | removed            | -     |
 | DEPPS5 | Config option `allowClientClassCreation` defaults to `false` | [#7925](https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/pull/7925)   | 5.3.0 (2022)                    | 7.0.0 (2024)                    | deprecated            | -     |
diff --git a/spec/helper.js b/spec/helper.js
index f769c0f521..a704f9d161 100644
--- a/spec/helper.js
+++ b/spec/helper.js
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ const defaultConfiguration = {
   masterKey: 'test',
   readOnlyMasterKey: 'read-only-test',
   fileKey: 'test',
-  directAccess: false,
+  directAccess: true,
   silent,
   logLevel,
   fileUpload: {
diff --git a/src/Deprecator/Deprecations.js b/src/Deprecator/Deprecations.js
index e8d1529433..0c570a2ba8 100644
--- a/src/Deprecator/Deprecations.js
+++ b/src/Deprecator/Deprecations.js
@@ -16,12 +16,6 @@
  * If there are no deprecations, this must return an empty array.
  */
 module.exports = [
-  {
-    optionKey: 'directAccess',
-    changeNewDefault: 'true',
-    solution:
-      "Additionally, the environment variable 'PARSE_SERVER_ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_DIRECT_ACCESS' will be deprecated and renamed to 'PARSE_SERVER_DIRECT_ACCESS' in a future version; it is currently possible to use either one.",
-  },
   { optionKey: 'enforcePrivateUsers', changeNewDefault: 'true' },
   { optionKey: 'allowClientClassCreation', changeNewDefault: 'false' },
   { optionKey: 'allowExpiredAuthDataToken', changeNewDefault: 'false' },
diff --git a/src/Options/Definitions.js b/src/Options/Definitions.js
index 0431010f1f..465d8aefa3 100644
--- a/src/Options/Definitions.js
+++ b/src/Options/Definitions.js
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ module.exports.ParseServerOptions = {
     help:
       'Set to `true` if Parse requests within the same Node.js environment as Parse Server should be routed to Parse Server directly instead of via the HTTP interface. Default is `false`.<br><br>If set to `false` then Parse requests within the same Node.js environment as Parse Server are executed as HTTP requests sent to Parse Server via the `serverURL`. For example, a `Parse.Query` in Cloud Code is calling Parse Server via a HTTP request. The server is essentially making a HTTP request to itself, unnecessarily using network resources such as network ports.<br><br>\u26A0\uFE0F In environments where multiple Parse Server instances run behind a load balancer and Parse requests within the current Node.js environment should be routed via the load balancer and distributed as HTTP requests among all instances via the `serverURL`, this should be set to `false`.',
     action: parsers.booleanParser,
-    default: false,
+    default: true,
   },
   dotNetKey: {
     env: 'PARSE_SERVER_DOT_NET_KEY',
diff --git a/src/Options/index.js b/src/Options/index.js
index e4084abf41..87e871e0b0 100644
--- a/src/Options/index.js
+++ b/src/Options/index.js
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ export interface ParseServerOptions {
   If set to `false` then Parse requests within the same Node.js environment as Parse Server are executed as HTTP requests sent to Parse Server via the `serverURL`. For example, a `Parse.Query` in Cloud Code is calling Parse Server via a HTTP request. The server is essentially making a HTTP request to itself, unnecessarily using network resources such as network ports.
   <br><br>
   ⚠️ In environments where multiple Parse Server instances run behind a load balancer and Parse requests within the current Node.js environment should be routed via the load balancer and distributed as HTTP requests among all instances via the `serverURL`, this should be set to `false`.
-  :DEFAULT: false */
+  :DEFAULT: true */
   directAccess: ?boolean;
   /* Enables the default express error handler for all errors
   :DEFAULT: false */