diff --git a/jc/parsers/ini.py b/jc/parsers/ini.py
index dad07b29..5c19d7e4 100644
--- a/jc/parsers/ini.py
+++ b/jc/parsers/ini.py
@@ -6,11 +6,6 @@ Parses standard `INI` files.
 - Comment prefix can be `#` or `;`. Comments must be on their own line.
 - If duplicate keys are found, only the last value will be used.
 
-> Note: The section identifier `[DEFAULT]` is special and provides default
-> values for the section keys that follow. To disable this behavior you must
-> rename the `[DEFAULT]` section identifier to something else before
-> parsing.
-
 > Note: Values starting and ending with double or single quotation marks
 > will have the marks removed. If you would like to keep the quotation
 > marks, use the `-r` command-line argument or the `raw=True` argument in
@@ -143,6 +138,7 @@ def parse(data, raw=False, quiet=False):
         ini_parser = configparser.ConfigParser(
             allow_no_value=True,
             interpolation=None,
+            default_section=None,
             strict=False
         )
 
diff --git a/jc/parsers/kv.py b/jc/parsers/kv.py
index f7e6420a..ab54e62e 100644
--- a/jc/parsers/kv.py
+++ b/jc/parsers/kv.py
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ Examples:
     name = John Doe
     address=555 California Drive
     age: 34
+
     ; comments can include # or ;
     # delimiter can be = or :
     # quoted values have quotation marks stripped by default
@@ -118,6 +119,7 @@ def parse(data, raw=False, quiet=False):
         kv_parser = configparser.ConfigParser(
             allow_no_value=True,
             interpolation=None,
+            default_section=None,
             strict=False
         )
 
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/generic/ini-test.json b/tests/fixtures/generic/ini-test.json
index c3250682..86125f82 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/generic/ini-test.json
+++ b/tests/fixtures/generic/ini-test.json
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{"bitbucket.org":{"ServerAliveInterval":"45","Compression":"yes","CompressionLevel":"9","ForwardX11":"yes","User":"hg"},"topsecret.server.com":{"ServerAliveInterval":"45","Compression":"yes","CompressionLevel":"9","ForwardX11":"no","Port":"50022"}}
+{"DEFAULT":{"ServerAliveInterval":"45","Compression":"yes","CompressionLevel":"9","ForwardX11":"yes"},"bitbucket.org":{"User":"hg"},"topsecret.server.com":{"Port":"50022","ForwardX11":"no"}}