diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/video/03_video_player.js b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/video/03_video_player.js
index 649dd9cf668d4cd5a9854a5045dbc318fe5a7319..03fcb193518ab3afdc9642838da63fae7edc72a8 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/video/03_video_player.js
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/video/03_video_player.js
@@ -420,12 +420,15 @@ function (HTML5Video) {
             this.videoPlayer.player.setPlaybackRate(this.speed);
         }
 
+        /* The following has been commented out to make sure autoplay is 
+           disabled for students.
         if (
             !onTouchBasedDevice() &&
             $('.video:first').data('autoplay') === 'True'
         ) {
             this.videoPlayer.play();
         }
+        */
     }
 
     function onStateChange(event) {
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/tests/test_video_mongo.py b/lms/djangoapps/courseware/tests/test_video_mongo.py
index ea4949e4c9b3294736dcb13e7502503aa1cca177..75cf55c1cc3c93e209f0d5307877798199c7bf17 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/tests/test_video_mongo.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/courseware/tests/test_video_mongo.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class TestVideo(BaseTestXmodule):
             'sub': u'a_sub_file.srt.sjson',
             'track': '',
             'youtube_streams': _create_youtube_string(self.item_module),
-            'autoplay': settings.MITX_FEATURES.get('AUTOPLAY_VIDEOS', True),
+            'autoplay': settings.MITX_FEATURES.get('AUTOPLAY_VIDEOS', False),
             'yt_test_timeout': 1500,
             'yt_test_url': 'https://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/videos/'
         }
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/tests/test_video_xml.py b/lms/djangoapps/courseware/tests/test_video_xml.py
index ea17af723db697035c4515ac950e2439ce2c1563..28cee28e7cbbffeedbdde707875b402dca959222 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/tests/test_video_xml.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/courseware/tests/test_video_xml.py
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ class VideoModuleUnitTest(unittest.TestCase):
             'sources': sources,
             'youtube_streams': _create_youtube_string(module),
             'track': '',
-            'autoplay': settings.MITX_FEATURES.get('AUTOPLAY_VIDEOS', True),
+            'autoplay': settings.MITX_FEATURES.get('AUTOPLAY_VIDEOS', False),
             'yt_test_timeout': 1500,
             'yt_test_url': 'https://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/videos/'
         }
diff --git a/lms/envs/common.py b/lms/envs/common.py
index 3fa191876927590ced1939a6082b447793addc73..81b01179d7cab94836520da2d794528a72a25972 100644
--- a/lms/envs/common.py
+++ b/lms/envs/common.py
@@ -144,8 +144,8 @@ MITX_FEATURES = {
     # Toggle to indicate use of a custom theme
     'USE_CUSTOM_THEME': False,
 
-    # Do autoplay videos for students
-    'AUTOPLAY_VIDEOS': True,
+    # Don't autoplay videos for students
+    'AUTOPLAY_VIDEOS': False,
 
     # Enable instructor dash to submit background tasks
     'ENABLE_INSTRUCTOR_BACKGROUND_TASKS': True,