diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index 8acd2120ae..896cb0c78d 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 
 ## Changes affecting backward compatibility
 
+- `-d:nimPreviewJsonutilsHoleyEnum` becomes the default, `jsonutils` now can serialize/deserialize
+  holey enums as regular enums (via `ord`) instead of as strings.
 
 ## Standard library additions and changes
 
diff --git a/lib/std/jsonutils.nim b/lib/std/jsonutils.nim
index 2d28748ce8..6a4ba1ca14 100644
--- a/lib/std/jsonutils.nim
+++ b/lib/std/jsonutils.nim
@@ -298,10 +298,8 @@ proc jsonTo*(b: JsonNode, T: typedesc, opt = Joptions()): T =
 proc toJson*[T](a: T, opt = initToJsonOptions()): JsonNode =
   ## serializes `a` to json; uses `toJsonHook(a: T)` if it's in scope to
   ## customize serialization, see strtabs.toJsonHook for an example.
-  ##
-  ## .. note:: With `-d:nimPreviewJsonutilsHoleyEnum`, `toJson` now can 
-  ##    serialize/deserialize holey enums as regular enums (via `ord`) instead of as strings.
-  ##    It is expected that this behavior becomes the new default in upcoming versions.
+  ## `toJson` serialize/deserialize holey enums as regular enums (via `ord`)
+  ## instead of as strings.
   when compiles(toJsonHook(a, opt)): result = toJsonHook(a, opt)
   elif compiles(toJsonHook(a)): result = toJsonHook(a)
   elif T is object | tuple:
@@ -333,14 +331,13 @@ proc toJson*[T](a: T, opt = initToJsonOptions()): JsonNode =
   elif T is enum:
     case opt.enumMode
     of joptEnumOrd:
-      when T is Ordinal or defined(nimPreviewJsonutilsHoleyEnum): %(a.ord)
-      else: toJson($a, opt)
+      result = %(a.ord)
     of joptEnumSymbol:
       when T is OrdinalEnum:
-        toJson(symbolName(a), opt)
+        result = toJson(symbolName(a), opt)
       else:
-        toJson($a, opt)
-    of joptEnumString: toJson($a, opt)
+        result = toJson($a, opt)
+    of joptEnumString: result = toJson($a, opt)
   elif T is Ordinal: result = %(a.ord)
   elif T is cstring: (if a == nil: result = newJNull() else: result = % $a)
   else: result = %a
diff --git a/tests/config.nims b/tests/config.nims
index 0b2b66d81b..c88d3fe572 100644
--- a/tests/config.nims
+++ b/tests/config.nims
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ switch("define", "nimExperimentalLinenoiseExtra")
 # preview APIs are expected to be the new default in upcoming versions
 switch("define", "nimPreviewFloatRoundtrip")
 #switch("define", "nimPreviewDotLikeOps") # deprecated?
-switch("define", "nimPreviewJsonutilsHoleyEnum")
 switch("define", "nimPreviewHashRef")
 switch("define", "nimPreviewRangeDefault")
 switch("define", "nimPreviewNonVarDestructor")