diff --git a/tools/python/mwm/mwm_pygen.py b/tools/python/mwm/mwm_pygen.py
index 0f00e5ab32..604def4160 100644
--- a/tools/python/mwm/mwm_pygen.py
+++ b/tools/python/mwm/mwm_pygen.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ def init(resource_path):
 
 
 class MwmPygen(mi.Mwm):
-    def __init__(self, filename: str, parse: bool = True):
+    def __init__(self, filename: str, parse: bool = False):
         super().__init__(filename)
 
         self.mwm = mwm.Mwm(filename, parse)
diff --git a/tools/python/mwm/mwm_python.py b/tools/python/mwm/mwm_python.py
index 62483147fa..1f235a8b32 100644
--- a/tools/python/mwm/mwm_python.py
+++ b/tools/python/mwm/mwm_python.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
 class MwmPython(mi.Mwm):
-    def __init__(self, filename: str, parse: bool = True):
+    def __init__(self, filename: str, parse: bool = False):
         super().__init__(filename)
 
         self.f = open(filename, "rb")