diff --git a/packages/next/next-server/server/load-components.ts b/packages/next/next-server/server/load-components.ts
index e14ed8b17b..d50e1097ea 100644
--- a/packages/next/next-server/server/load-components.ts
+++ b/packages/next/next-server/server/load-components.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export type LoadComponentsReturnType = {
     params: any
   }) => {
     props: any
-    revalidate: number | false
+    revalidate?: number | boolean
   }
   unstable_getStaticPaths?: () => void
   buildManifest?: any
diff --git a/packages/next/next-server/server/render.tsx b/packages/next/next-server/server/render.tsx
index 86353f8b45..197dfd60b8 100644
--- a/packages/next/next-server/server/render.tsx
+++ b/packages/next/next-server/server/render.tsx
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ type RenderOpts = {
     params: any | undefined
   }) => {
     props: any
-    revalidate: number | false
+    revalidate?: number | boolean
   }
   unstable_getStaticPaths?: () => void
 }
@@ -458,14 +458,14 @@ export async function renderToHTML(
               `\nTo only run getStaticProps at build-time and not revalidate at runtime, you can set \`revalidate\` to \`false\`!`
           )
         }
-      } else if (data.revalidate === false) {
-        // `false` is an allowed behavior. We'll catch `revalidate: true` and
-        // fall into our default behavior.
-      } else {
-        // By default, we revalidate after 1 second. This value is optimal for
+      } else if (data.revalidate === true) {
+        // When enabled, revalidate after 1 second. This value is optimal for
         // the most up-to-date page possible, but without a 1-to-1
         // request-refresh ratio.
         data.revalidate = 1
+      } else {
+        // By default, we never revalidate.
+        data.revalidate = false
       }
 
       props.pageProps = data.props
diff --git a/test/integration/prerender/pages/another/index.js b/test/integration/prerender/pages/another/index.js
index bcdae56698..e1a316d071 100644
--- a/test/integration/prerender/pages/another/index.js
+++ b/test/integration/prerender/pages/another/index.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export async function unstable_getStaticProps() {
       world: text,
       time: new Date().getTime(),
     },
-    revalidate: 1,
+    revalidate: true,
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/test/integration/prerender/test/index.test.js b/test/integration/prerender/test/index.test.js
index 8f819c9faa..5b79b4281b 100644
--- a/test/integration/prerender/test/index.test.js
+++ b/test/integration/prerender/test/index.test.js
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ const expectedManifestRoutes = () => ({
   },
   '/default-revalidate': {
     dataRoute: `/_next/data/${buildId}/default-revalidate.json`,
-    initialRevalidateSeconds: 1,
+    initialRevalidateSeconds: false,
     srcRoute: null,
   },
   '/something': {
@@ -114,12 +114,17 @@ const navigateTest = () => {
       '/blog/post-1/comment-1',
     ]
 
+    await waitFor(2500)
+
     await Promise.all(toBuild.map(pg => renderViaHTTP(appPort, pg)))
 
     const browser = await webdriver(appPort, '/')
     let text = await browser.elementByCss('p').text()
     expect(text).toMatch(/hello.*?world/)
 
+    // hydration
+    await waitFor(2500)
+
     // go to /another
     await browser.elementByCss('#another').click()
     await browser.waitForElementByCss('#home')