diff --git a/webapi/src/main/scala/org/knora/webapi/slice/shacl/domain/ShaclValidator.scala b/webapi/src/main/scala/org/knora/webapi/slice/shacl/domain/ShaclValidator.scala
index d7184aaf57..000e492ed2 100644
--- a/webapi/src/main/scala/org/knora/webapi/slice/shacl/domain/ShaclValidator.scala
+++ b/webapi/src/main/scala/org/knora/webapi/slice/shacl/domain/ShaclValidator.scala
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import java.io.InputStream
 
 final case class ValidationOptions(validateShapes: Boolean, reportDetails: Boolean, addBlankNodes: Boolean)
 object ValidationOptions {
-  val default: ValidationOptions = ValidationOptions(true, true, false)
+  val default: ValidationOptions = ValidationOptions(false, true, false)
 }
 
 final case class ShaclValidator() { self =>
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ final case class ShaclValidator() { self =>
   } yield report
 
   private def readModel(data: InputStream) = ZIO.attempt {
-    val model = ModelFactory.createOntologyModel(OntModelSpec.OWL_MEM_RDFS_INF)
+    val model = ModelFactory.createOntologyModel(OntModelSpec.OWL_MEM)
     model.read(data, null, FileUtils.langTurtle)
     model
   }
diff --git a/webapi/src/test/scala/org/knora/webapi/slice/shacl/domain/ShaclValidatorSpec.scala b/webapi/src/test/scala/org/knora/webapi/slice/shacl/domain/ShaclValidatorSpec.scala
index c81e121aca..5580adba49 100644
--- a/webapi/src/test/scala/org/knora/webapi/slice/shacl/domain/ShaclValidatorSpec.scala
+++ b/webapi/src/test/scala/org/knora/webapi/slice/shacl/domain/ShaclValidatorSpec.scala
@@ -67,18 +67,5 @@ object ShaclValidatorSpec extends ZIOSpecDefault {
           reportResource <- shaclValidator(_.validate(validData, shapes, ValidationOptions.default))
         } yield assertTrue(reportResource.hasProperty(SH.conforms, JenaDatatypes.TRUE))
       },
-      test("should do basic rdfs inferencing") {
-        val data = """
-                     |@prefix ex: <http://example.org/ns#> .
-                     |@prefix rdf: <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#> .
-                     |@prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .
-                     |
-                     |ex:myProperty
-                     |    a rdf:Property.
-                     |""".stripMargin
-        for {
-          reportResource <- shaclValidator(_.validate(data, "", ValidationOptions.default))
-        } yield assertTrue(reportResource.hasProperty(SH.conforms, JenaDatatypes.TRUE))
-      },
     ).provide(ShaclValidator.layer)
 }