diff --git a/cluster/gce/config-default.sh b/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
index 1ec7d832e2051..e88157bb5bd68 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/config-default.sh
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ ENABLE_L7_LOADBALANCING="${KUBE_ENABLE_L7_LOADBALANCING:-glbc}"
 #   stackdriver    - Heapster, Google Cloud Monitoring (schema container), and Google Cloud Logging
 #   googleinfluxdb - Enable influxdb and google (except GCM)
 #   standalone     - Heapster only. Metrics available via Heapster REST API.
-ENABLE_CLUSTER_MONITORING="${KUBE_ENABLE_CLUSTER_MONITORING:-influxdb}"
+ENABLE_CLUSTER_MONITORING="${KUBE_ENABLE_CLUSTER_MONITORING:-standalone}"
 
 # Optional: Enable deploying separate prometheus stack for monitoring kubernetes cluster
 ENABLE_PROMETHEUS_MONITORING="${KUBE_ENABLE_PROMETHEUS_MONITORING:-false}"
diff --git a/cluster/gce/config-test.sh b/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
index d7d511cf02a45..36241c3d0ebf5 100755
--- a/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/config-test.sh
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ ENABLE_L7_LOADBALANCING="${KUBE_ENABLE_L7_LOADBALANCING:-glbc}"
 #   stackdriver    - Heapster, Google Cloud Monitoring (schema container), and Google Cloud Logging
 #   googleinfluxdb - Enable influxdb and google (except GCM)
 #   standalone     - Heapster only. Metrics available via Heapster REST API.
-ENABLE_CLUSTER_MONITORING="${KUBE_ENABLE_CLUSTER_MONITORING:-influxdb}"
+ENABLE_CLUSTER_MONITORING="${KUBE_ENABLE_CLUSTER_MONITORING:-standalone}"
 
 # Optional: Enable deploying separate prometheus stack for monitoring kubernetes cluster
 ENABLE_PROMETHEUS_MONITORING="${KUBE_ENABLE_PROMETHEUS_MONITORING:-false}"
diff --git a/hack/ginkgo-e2e.sh b/hack/ginkgo-e2e.sh
index 4a01b7653b149..0cac8afc6baba 100755
--- a/hack/ginkgo-e2e.sh
+++ b/hack/ginkgo-e2e.sh
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ export PATH=$(dirname "${e2e_test}"):"${PATH}"
   --network="${KUBE_GCE_NETWORK:-${KUBE_GKE_NETWORK:-e2e}}" \
   --node-tag="${NODE_TAG:-}" \
   --master-tag="${MASTER_TAG:-}" \
-  --cluster-monitoring-mode="${KUBE_ENABLE_CLUSTER_MONITORING:-influxdb}" \
+  --cluster-monitoring-mode="${KUBE_ENABLE_CLUSTER_MONITORING:-standalone}" \
   --prometheus-monitoring="${KUBE_ENABLE_PROMETHEUS_MONITORING:-false}" \
   ${KUBE_CONTAINER_RUNTIME:+"--container-runtime=${KUBE_CONTAINER_RUNTIME}"} \
   ${MASTER_OS_DISTRIBUTION:+"--master-os-distro=${MASTER_OS_DISTRIBUTION}"} \
diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/test_context.go b/test/e2e/framework/test_context.go
index 9102af62269f8..e3158e8ca4fc3 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/test_context.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/test_context.go
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ func RegisterClusterFlags() {
 	flag.StringVar(&TestContext.Prefix, "prefix", "e2e", "A prefix to be added to cloud resources created during testing.")
 	flag.StringVar(&TestContext.MasterOSDistro, "master-os-distro", "debian", "The OS distribution of cluster master (debian, trusty, or coreos).")
 	flag.StringVar(&TestContext.NodeOSDistro, "node-os-distro", "debian", "The OS distribution of cluster VM instances (debian, trusty, or coreos).")
-	flag.StringVar(&TestContext.ClusterMonitoringMode, "cluster-monitoring-mode", "influxdb", "The monitoring solution that is used in the cluster.")
+	flag.StringVar(&TestContext.ClusterMonitoringMode, "cluster-monitoring-mode", "standalone", "The monitoring solution that is used in the cluster.")
 	flag.BoolVar(&TestContext.EnablePrometheusMonitoring, "prometheus-monitoring", false, "Separate Prometheus monitoring deployed in cluster.")
 
 	// TODO: Flags per provider?  Rename gce-project/gce-zone?
diff --git a/test/e2e/instrumentation/monitoring/influxdb.go b/test/e2e/instrumentation/monitoring/influxdb.go
index 5434a9c3970a5..64ef4002db087 100644
--- a/test/e2e/instrumentation/monitoring/influxdb.go
+++ b/test/e2e/instrumentation/monitoring/influxdb.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ var _ = instrumentation.SIGDescribe("Monitoring", func() {
 		framework.SkipUnlessClusterMonitoringModeIs("influxdb")
 	})
 
-	It("should verify monitoring pods and all cluster nodes are available on influxdb using heapster.", func() {
+	It("should verify monitoring pods and all cluster nodes are available on influxdb using heapster [Feature:InfluxdbMonitoring]", func() {
 		testMonitoringUsingHeapsterInfluxdb(f.ClientSet)
 	})
 })