Index: firewalld-0.8.3/config/firewalld.conf
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--- firewalld-0.8.3.orig/config/firewalld.conf
+++ firewalld-0.8.3/config/firewalld.conf
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ LogDenied=off
 # FirewallBackend
 # Selects the firewall backend implementation.
 # Choices are:
-#	- nftables (default)
-#	- iptables (iptables, ip6tables, ebtables and ipset)
-FirewallBackend=nftables
+#	- nftables
+#	- iptables (iptables, ip6tables, ebtables and ipset) (default)
+FirewallBackend=iptables
 
 # FlushAllOnReload
 # Flush all runtime rules on a reload. In previous releases some runtime
Index: firewalld-0.8.3/doc/xml/firewalld.conf.xml
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--- firewalld-0.8.3.orig/doc/xml/firewalld.conf.xml
+++ firewalld-0.8.3/doc/xml/firewalld.conf.xml
@@ -149,8 +149,8 @@
             <listitem>
                 <para>
                 Selects the firewall backend implementation. Possible values
-                are; <replaceable>nftables</replaceable> (default), or
-                <replaceable>iptables</replaceable>. This applies to all
+                are; <replaceable>nftables</replaceable>, or
+                <replaceable>iptables</replaceable> (default). This applies to all
                 firewalld primitives. The only exception is direct and
                 passthrough rules which always use the traditional iptables,
                 ip6tables, and ebtables backends.
Index: firewalld-0.8.3/src/firewall/config/__init__.py.in
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--- firewalld-0.8.3.orig/src/firewall/config/__init__.py.in
+++ firewalld-0.8.3/src/firewall/config/__init__.py.in
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ FALLBACK_IPV6_RPFILTER = True
 FALLBACK_INDIVIDUAL_CALLS = False
 FALLBACK_LOG_DENIED = "off"
 FALLBACK_AUTOMATIC_HELPERS = "no"
-FALLBACK_FIREWALL_BACKEND = "nftables"
+FALLBACK_FIREWALL_BACKEND = "iptables"
 FALLBACK_FLUSH_ALL_ON_RELOAD = True
 FALLBACK_RFC3964_IPV4 = True
 FALLBACK_ALLOW_ZONE_DRIFTING = False