2 files changed, 6 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/character-fold.el b/lisp/character-fold.el
index 6bbb3ec87e4..988a5065c0d 100644
--- a/lisp/character-fold.el
+++ b/lisp/character-fold.el
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 
 ;;;###autoload
-(defvar character-fold-search t
+(defvar character-fold-search nil
   "Non-nil if searches should fold similar characters.
 This means some characters will match entire groups of characters.
 For instance, \" will match all variants of double quotes, and
diff --git a/lisp/isearch.el b/lisp/isearch.el
index 2d2f0ee2495..8d4bf24c6fb 100644
--- a/lisp/isearch.el
+++ b/lisp/isearch.el
@@ -2607,12 +2607,11 @@ Can be changed via `isearch-search-fun-function' for special needs."
       ;; Use lax versions to not fail at the end of the word while
       ;; the user adds and removes characters in the search string
       ;; (or when using nonincremental word isearch)
-      (let ((lax (or isearch-lax-whitespace
-                     (not (or isearch-nonincremental
-                              (null (car isearch-cmds))
-                              (eq (length isearch-string)
-                                  (length (isearch--state-string
-                                           (car isearch-cmds)))))))))
+      (let ((lax (not (or isearch-nonincremental
+                          (null (car isearch-cmds))
+                          (eq (length isearch-string)
+                              (length (isearch--state-string
+                                       (car isearch-cmds))))))))
         (funcall
          (if isearch-forward #'re-search-forward #'re-search-backward)
          (if (functionp isearch-word)