diff --git a/src/main/java/org/json/JSONParserConfiguration.java b/src/main/java/org/json/JSONParserConfiguration.java
index 1a17d8133..ad0d7fb72 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/json/JSONParserConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/json/JSONParserConfiguration.java
@@ -28,10 +28,6 @@ public class JSONParserConfiguration extends ParserConfiguration {
      */
     public JSONParserConfiguration() {
         super();
-        // TODO: Force strict mode to true, unless otherwise set by .withStrictMode()
-        //  This will be replaced with a later change that executes test runs with and without strict mode.
-        //  This change will cause many of the unit tests to fail.
-        this.strictMode = true;
         this.overwriteDuplicateKey = false;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/json/junit/JSONTokenerTest.java b/src/test/java/org/json/junit/JSONTokenerTest.java
index ba0732353..59ca6d8f6 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/json/junit/JSONTokenerTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/json/junit/JSONTokenerTest.java
@@ -98,8 +98,7 @@ public void testValid() {
         checkValid(" []  ",JSONArray.class);
         checkValid("[1,2]",JSONArray.class);
         checkValid("\n\n[1,2]\n\n",JSONArray.class);
-        // TODO: strictMode regression, needs to be fixed
-        // checkValid("1 2", String.class);
+        checkValid("1 2", String.class);
     }
     
     @Test