diff --git a/src/yargs-options.js b/src/yargs-options.js
index 2a12d382eeb..403ec40d761 100644
--- a/src/yargs-options.js
+++ b/src/yargs-options.js
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ const options = {
   'enable-data-collection-permissions': {
     describe: 'Enable data collection permissions support',
     type: 'boolean',
-    default: false,
+    default: true,
   },
 };
 
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/webextension_es6_module/manifest.json b/tests/fixtures/webextension_es6_module/manifest.json
index 4daf0c8b1ca..6fceb3892b1 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/webextension_es6_module/manifest.json
+++ b/tests/fixtures/webextension_es6_module/manifest.json
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 {
   "browser_specific_settings": {
     "gecko": {
-      "id": "@webextension-guid"
+      "id": "@webextension-guid",
+      "data_collection_permissions": {
+        "required": [
+          "none"
+        ]
+      }
     }
   },
   "description": "WebExtensions ES module test",
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/webextension_with_eslintignore/manifest.json b/tests/fixtures/webextension_with_eslintignore/manifest.json
index 019312082a4..a6b12b1ebcc 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/webextension_with_eslintignore/manifest.json
+++ b/tests/fixtures/webextension_with_eslintignore/manifest.json
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 {
   "browser_specific_settings": {
     "gecko": {
-      "id": "@webextension-guid"
+      "id": "@webextension-guid",
+      "data_collection_permissions": {
+        "required": [
+          "none"
+        ]
+      }
     }
   },
   "description": "WebExtensions with .eslintignore file",
@@ -9,5 +14,9 @@
   "name": "WebExtensions test",
   "permissions": [],
   "version": "0.0.1",
-  "background": { "scripts": ["background.js"] }
+  "background": {
+    "scripts": [
+      "background.js"
+    ]
+  }
 }
diff --git a/tests/integration/addons-linter/integration.run.js b/tests/integration/addons-linter/integration.run.js
index 7877201969b..842ee15c219 100644
--- a/tests/integration/addons-linter/integration.run.js
+++ b/tests/integration/addons-linter/integration.run.js
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ describe('Integration/smoke tests', () => {
   it('should pass if ran on a simple valid CRX extension', async () => {
     const fixture = resolveFixturePath('crx3.crx');
     const { exitCode, stderr, stdout } = await executeScript('addons-linter', [
+      // We disable this because the crx3.crx file doesn't include data
+      // collection permissions.
+      '--enable-data-collection-permissions=false',
       '-o',
       'json',
       fixture,
diff --git a/tests/test.yargs-options.js b/tests/test.yargs-options.js
index e3f656cd450..5db189fca72 100644
--- a/tests/test.yargs-options.js
+++ b/tests/test.yargs-options.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ describe('getDefaultConfigValue()', () => {
     expect(getDefaultConfigValue('max-manifest-version')).toEqual(3);
     expect(getDefaultConfigValue('disable-xpi-autoclose')).toEqual(false);
     expect(getDefaultConfigValue('enable-data-collection-permissions')).toEqual(
-      false
+      true
     );
   });
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/scanners/test.javascript.js b/tests/unit/scanners/test.javascript.js
index a8ce2183d57..10a49011e98 100644
--- a/tests/unit/scanners/test.javascript.js
+++ b/tests/unit/scanners/test.javascript.js
@@ -195,6 +195,10 @@ describe('JavaScript Scanner', () => {
   it('should support es6 modules', async () => {
     const addonLinter = new Linter({
       _: ['tests/fixtures/webextension_es6_module'],
+      // This is needed because the fixtures file has data collection permissions
+      // and we don't want the `DATA_COLLECTION_PERMISSIONS_PROP_RESERVED` error
+      // to be emitted.
+      enableDataCollectionPermissions: true,
     });
     addonLinter.print = sinon.stub();