diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 7aeb6f927804d..33056d75d362e 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -70,6 +70,12 @@ Language changes
 * The line number of function definitions is now added by the parser as an
   additional `LineNumberNode` at the start of each function body ([#35138]).
 
+Command-line option changes
+---------------------------
+
+* Deprecation warnings are no longer shown by default. i.e. if the `--depwarn=...` flag is
+  not passed it defaults to `--depwarn=no`. ([#35362]).
+
 * Color now defaults to on when stdout and stderr are TTYs ([#34347])
 
 Multi-threading changes
diff --git a/base/util.jl b/base/util.jl
index 989af28d8d79a..5ee89c547086b 100644
--- a/base/util.jl
+++ b/base/util.jl
@@ -139,12 +139,12 @@ function julia_cmd(julia=joinpath(Sys.BINDIR::String, julia_exename()))
                   end
         isempty(compile) || push!(addflags, "--compile=$compile")
     end
-    let depwarn = if opts.depwarn == 0
-                      "no"
+    let depwarn = if opts.depwarn == 1
+                      "yes"
                   elseif opts.depwarn == 2
                       "error"
                   else
-                      "" # default = "yes"
+                      "" # default = "no"
                   end
         isempty(depwarn) || push!(addflags, "--depwarn=$depwarn")
     end
diff --git a/src/jloptions.c b/src/jloptions.c
index 9310645f2be80..a3cee4a4f9429 100644
--- a/src/jloptions.c
+++ b/src/jloptions.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ jl_options_t jl_options = { 0,    // quiet
                             1,    // debug_level [release build]
 #endif
                             JL_OPTIONS_CHECK_BOUNDS_DEFAULT, // check_bounds
-                            JL_OPTIONS_DEPWARN_ON,    // deprecation warning
+                            JL_OPTIONS_DEPWARN_OFF,    // deprecation warning
                             0,    // method overwrite warning
                             1,    // can_inline
                             JL_OPTIONS_POLLY_ON, // polly
diff --git a/test/misc.jl b/test/misc.jl
index f824694b45c52..2082d44905e7a 100644
--- a/test/misc.jl
+++ b/test/misc.jl
@@ -654,8 +654,9 @@ end
 
 include("testenv.jl")
 
+
 let flags = Cmd(filter(a->!occursin("depwarn", a), collect(test_exeflags)))
-    local cmd = `$test_exename $flags deprecation_exec.jl`
+    local cmd = `$test_exename $flags --depwarn=yes deprecation_exec.jl`
 
     if !success(pipeline(cmd; stdout=stdout, stderr=stderr))
         error("Deprecation test failed, cmd : $cmd")