diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index a6889830..f7f738bb 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Breaking changes:
 - Drop support for Redis 3
 
 Announcements:
+- In configuration, set `clipByBox2d` to true by default
 - Update docs: compatible Node.js and npm versions
 - Report fine-grained Garbage Collector stats
 - Adding Authorization to Access-Control-Allow-Headers (https://github.com/CartoDB/CartoDB-SQL-API/issues/534)
diff --git a/config/environments/development.js.example b/config/environments/development.js.example
index 0cddec6c..ed0aaf58 100644
--- a/config/environments/development.js.example
+++ b/config/environments/development.js.example
@@ -127,9 +127,8 @@ var config = {
       cache_ttl: 60000,
       statsInterval: 5000, // milliseconds between each report to statsd about number of renderers and mapnik pool status
       mvt: {
-        //If enabled, MVTs will be generated with PostGIS directly, instead of using Mapnik,
-        //PostGIS 2.4 is required for this to work
-        //If disabled it will use Mapnik MVT generation
+        //If enabled, MVTs will be generated with PostGIS directly
+        //If disabled, MVTs will be generated with Mapnik MVT
         usePostGIS: true
       },
       mapnik: {
@@ -186,7 +185,7 @@ var config = {
           // SQL queries will be wrapped with ST_ClipByBox2D
           // Returning the portion of a geometry falling within a rectangle
           // It will only work if snapToGrid is enabled
-          clipByBox2d: false, // this requires postgis >=2.2 and geos >=3.5
+          clipByBox2d: true,
 
           postgis: {
               // Parameters to pass to datasource plugin of mapnik
diff --git a/config/environments/production.js.example b/config/environments/production.js.example
index f73a095c..bc34db81 100644
--- a/config/environments/production.js.example
+++ b/config/environments/production.js.example
@@ -127,9 +127,8 @@ var config = {
       cache_ttl: 60000,
       statsInterval: 5000, // milliseconds between each report to statsd about number of renderers and mapnik pool status
       mvt: {
-        //If enabled, MVTs will be generated with PostGIS directly, instead of using Mapnik,
-        //PostGIS 2.4 is required for this to work
-        //If disabled it will use Mapnik MVT generation
+        //If enabled, MVTs will be generated with PostGIS directly
+        //If disabled, MVTs will be generated with Mapnik MVT
         usePostGIS: true
       },
       mapnik: {
@@ -186,7 +185,7 @@ var config = {
           // SQL queries will be wrapped with ST_ClipByBox2D
           // Returning the portion of a geometry falling within a rectangle
           // It will only work if snapToGrid is enabled
-          clipByBox2d: false, // this requires postgis >=2.2 and geos >=3.5
+          clipByBox2d: true,
 
           postgis: {
               // Parameters to pass to datasource plugin of mapnik
diff --git a/config/environments/staging.js.example b/config/environments/staging.js.example
index 9bef903d..41f8e281 100644
--- a/config/environments/staging.js.example
+++ b/config/environments/staging.js.example
@@ -127,9 +127,8 @@ var config = {
       cache_ttl: 60000,
       statsInterval: 5000, // milliseconds between each report to statsd about number of renderers and mapnik pool status
       mvt: {
-        //If enabled, MVTs will be generated with PostGIS directly, instead of using Mapnik,
-        //PostGIS 2.4 is required for this to work
-        //If disabled it will use Mapnik MVT generation
+        //If enabled, MVTs will be generated with PostGIS directly
+        //If disabled, MVTs will be generated with Mapnik MVT
         usePostGIS: true
       },
       mapnik: {
@@ -186,7 +185,7 @@ var config = {
           // SQL queries will be wrapped with ST_ClipByBox2D
           // Returning the portion of a geometry falling within a rectangle
           // It will only work if snapToGrid is enabled
-          clipByBox2d: false, // this requires postgis >=2.2 and geos >=3.5
+          clipByBox2d: true,
 
           postgis: {
               // Parameters to pass to datasource plugin of mapnik
diff --git a/config/environments/test.js.example b/config/environments/test.js.example
index 7f4e4149..05c5e94c 100644
--- a/config/environments/test.js.example
+++ b/config/environments/test.js.example
@@ -127,9 +127,8 @@ var config = {
       cache_ttl: 60000,
       statsInterval: 5000, // milliseconds between each report to statsd about number of renderers and mapnik pool status
       mvt: {
-        //If enabled, MVTs will be generated with PostGIS directly, instead of using Mapnik,
-        //PostGIS 2.4 is required for this to work
-        //If disabled it will use Mapnik MVT generation
+        //If enabled, MVTs will be generated with PostGIS directly
+        //If disabled, MVTs will be generated with Mapnik MVT
         usePostGIS: true
       },
       mapnik: {
@@ -186,7 +185,7 @@ var config = {
           // SQL queries will be wrapped with ST_ClipByBox2D
           // Returning the portion of a geometry falling within a rectangle
           // It will only work if snapToGrid is enabled
-          clipByBox2d: false, // this requires postgis >=2.2 and geos >=3.5
+          clipByBox2d: true,
 
           postgis: {
               // Parameters to pass to datasource plugin of mapnik