diff --git a/Lib/test/test_clinic.py b/Lib/test/test_clinic.py
index efc6a922c5..f4f8b2dd20 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_clinic.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_clinic.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     import clinic
     from clinic import DSLParser

-DEFAULT_LIMITED_C_API = False
+DEFAULT_LIMITED_C_API = True


 def _make_clinic(*, filename='clinic_tests'):
diff --git a/Tools/clinic/clinic.py b/Tools/clinic/clinic.py
index 2a4b6ff3b7..1a82ff7e57 100755
--- a/Tools/clinic/clinic.py
+++ b/Tools/clinic/clinic.py
@@ -6096,8 +6096,8 @@ def create_cli() -> argparse.ArgumentParser:
     cmdline.add_argument("--exclude", type=str, action="append",
                          help=("a file to exclude in --make mode; "
                                "can be given multiple times"))
-    cmdline.add_argument("--limited", dest="limited_capi", action='store_true',
-                         help="use the Limited C API")
+    cmdline.add_argument("--no-limited", dest="limited_capi", action='store_false',
+                         help="Don't use the Limited C API")
     cmdline.add_argument("filename", metavar="FILE", type=str, nargs="*",
                          help="the list of files to process")
     return cmdline