diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/osg/ProxyNode.cpp b/src/osgPlugins/osg/ProxyNode.cpp
index cd49dc1f2..a1f371838 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/osg/ProxyNode.cpp
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/osg/ProxyNode.cpp
@@ -146,8 +146,8 @@ bool ProxyNode_readLocalData(Object& obj, Input& fr)
 bool ProxyNode_writeLocalData(const Object& obj, Output& fw)
 {
     bool includeExternalReferences = false;
-    bool useOriginalExternalReferences = false;
-    bool writeExternalReferenceFiles = true;
+    bool useOriginalExternalReferences = true;
+    bool writeExternalReferenceFiles = false;
 
     const ProxyNode& proxyNode = static_cast<const ProxyNode&>(obj);