diff --git a/core/modules/ckeditor/src/Plugin/CKEditorPlugin/Internal.php b/core/modules/ckeditor/src/Plugin/CKEditorPlugin/Internal.php
index 02049b6225b..aa31023b84b 100644
--- a/core/modules/ckeditor/src/Plugin/CKEditorPlugin/Internal.php
+++ b/core/modules/ckeditor/src/Plugin/CKEditorPlugin/Internal.php
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ class Internal extends CKEditorPluginBase implements ContainerFactoryPluginInter
       'pasteFromWordPromptCleanup' => TRUE,
       'resize_dir' => 'vertical',
       'justifyClasses' => array('text-align-left', 'text-align-center', 'text-align-right', 'text-align-justify'),
+      'entities' => FALSE,
     );
 
     // Add the allowedContent setting, which ensures CKEditor only allows tags
diff --git a/core/modules/ckeditor/src/Tests/CKEditorTest.php b/core/modules/ckeditor/src/Tests/CKEditorTest.php
index 7041583be9e..b2c70aa0a71 100644
--- a/core/modules/ckeditor/src/Tests/CKEditorTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/ckeditor/src/Tests/CKEditorTest.php
@@ -378,6 +378,7 @@ class CKEditorTest extends DrupalUnitTestBase {
       'pasteFromWordPromptCleanup' => TRUE,
       'resize_dir' => 'vertical',
       'justifyClasses' => array('text-align-left', 'text-align-center', 'text-align-right', 'text-align-justify'),
+      'entities' => FALSE,
     );
   }