diff --git a/lib/config/options/index.ts b/lib/config/options/index.ts
index 623b11fd5d50ef2c1bcac517719e560e57a3d3f4..9f678babefd3ec2f5b33327e8cd6dcf68ce46e94 100644
--- a/lib/config/options/index.ts
+++ b/lib/config/options/index.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import { getManagers } from '../../modules/manager';
 import { getPlatformList } from '../../modules/platform';
 import { getVersioningList } from '../../modules/versioning';
 import * as dockerVersioning from '../../modules/versioning/docker';
-import * as pep440Versioning from '../../modules/versioning/pep440';
 import type { RenovateOptions } from '../types';
 
 const options: RenovateOptions[] = [
@@ -1886,9 +1885,7 @@ const options: RenovateOptions[] = [
     description: 'Configuration object for Python.',
     stage: 'package',
     type: 'object',
-    default: {
-      versioning: pep440Versioning.id,
-    },
+    default: {},
     mergeable: true,
     cli: false,
   },