diff --git a/module/spring-boot-jackson/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/jackson/autoconfigure/JacksonAutoConfiguration.java b/module/spring-boot-jackson/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/jackson/autoconfigure/JacksonAutoConfiguration.java
index 3969b15bd30..0169f3439d0 100644
--- a/module/spring-boot-jackson/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/jackson/autoconfigure/JacksonAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/module/spring-boot-jackson/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/jackson/autoconfigure/JacksonAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -498,13 +498,11 @@ public final class JacksonAutoConfiguration {
 
 		private void configureConstructorDetector(MapperBuilder<?, ?> builder) {
 			ConstructorDetectorStrategy strategy = this.jacksonProperties.getConstructorDetector();
-			if (strategy != null) {
-				switch (strategy) {
-					case USE_PROPERTIES_BASED -> builder.constructorDetector(ConstructorDetector.USE_PROPERTIES_BASED);
-					case USE_DELEGATING -> builder.constructorDetector(ConstructorDetector.USE_DELEGATING);
-					case EXPLICIT_ONLY -> builder.constructorDetector(ConstructorDetector.EXPLICIT_ONLY);
-					default -> builder.constructorDetector(ConstructorDetector.DEFAULT);
-				}
+			switch (strategy) {
+				case USE_PROPERTIES_BASED -> builder.constructorDetector(ConstructorDetector.USE_PROPERTIES_BASED);
+				case USE_DELEGATING -> builder.constructorDetector(ConstructorDetector.USE_DELEGATING);
+				case EXPLICIT_ONLY -> builder.constructorDetector(ConstructorDetector.EXPLICIT_ONLY);
+				default -> builder.constructorDetector(ConstructorDetector.DEFAULT);
 			}
 		}
 
diff --git a/module/spring-boot-jackson/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/jackson/autoconfigure/JacksonProperties.java b/module/spring-boot-jackson/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/jackson/autoconfigure/JacksonProperties.java
index 1b2a77adef3..8500e389edf 100644
--- a/module/spring-boot-jackson/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/jackson/autoconfigure/JacksonProperties.java
+++ b/module/spring-boot-jackson/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/jackson/autoconfigure/JacksonProperties.java
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ public class JacksonProperties {
 	 * Strategy to use to auto-detect constructor, and in particular behavior with
 	 * single-argument constructors.
 	 */
-	private @Nullable ConstructorDetectorStrategy constructorDetector;
+	private ConstructorDetectorStrategy constructorDetector = ConstructorDetectorStrategy.DEFAULT;
 
 	/**
 	 * Time zone used when formatting dates. For instance, "America/Los_Angeles" or
@@ -173,11 +173,11 @@ public class JacksonProperties {
 		this.defaultLeniency = defaultLeniency;
 	}
 
-	public @Nullable ConstructorDetectorStrategy getConstructorDetector() {
+	public ConstructorDetectorStrategy getConstructorDetector() {
 		return this.constructorDetector;
 	}
 
-	public void setConstructorDetector(@Nullable ConstructorDetectorStrategy constructorDetector) {
+	public void setConstructorDetector(ConstructorDetectorStrategy constructorDetector) {
 		this.constructorDetector = constructorDetector;
 	}
 
diff --git a/module/spring-boot-jackson2/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/jackson2/autoconfigure/Jackson2AutoConfiguration.java b/module/spring-boot-jackson2/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/jackson2/autoconfigure/Jackson2AutoConfiguration.java
index 93e43267f8d..138860f95df 100644
--- a/module/spring-boot-jackson2/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/jackson2/autoconfigure/Jackson2AutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/module/spring-boot-jackson2/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/jackson2/autoconfigure/Jackson2AutoConfiguration.java
@@ -340,19 +340,15 @@ public final class Jackson2AutoConfiguration {
 					org.springframework.http.converter.json.Jackson2ObjectMapperBuilder builder) {
 				org.springframework.boot.jackson2.autoconfigure.Jackson2Properties.ConstructorDetectorStrategy strategy = this.jacksonProperties
 					.getConstructorDetector();
-				if (strategy != null) {
-					builder.postConfigurer((objectMapper) -> {
-						switch (strategy) {
-							case USE_PROPERTIES_BASED ->
-								objectMapper.setConstructorDetector(ConstructorDetector.USE_PROPERTIES_BASED);
-							case USE_DELEGATING ->
-								objectMapper.setConstructorDetector(ConstructorDetector.USE_DELEGATING);
-							case EXPLICIT_ONLY ->
-								objectMapper.setConstructorDetector(ConstructorDetector.EXPLICIT_ONLY);
-							default -> objectMapper.setConstructorDetector(ConstructorDetector.DEFAULT);
-						}
-					});
-				}
+				builder.postConfigurer((objectMapper) -> {
+					switch (strategy) {
+						case USE_PROPERTIES_BASED ->
+							objectMapper.setConstructorDetector(ConstructorDetector.USE_PROPERTIES_BASED);
+						case USE_DELEGATING -> objectMapper.setConstructorDetector(ConstructorDetector.USE_DELEGATING);
+						case EXPLICIT_ONLY -> objectMapper.setConstructorDetector(ConstructorDetector.EXPLICIT_ONLY);
+						default -> objectMapper.setConstructorDetector(ConstructorDetector.DEFAULT);
+					}
+				});
 			}
 
 		}
diff --git a/module/spring-boot-jackson2/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/jackson2/autoconfigure/Jackson2Properties.java b/module/spring-boot-jackson2/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/jackson2/autoconfigure/Jackson2Properties.java
index 1e9db927f3c..0f7e8bd265c 100644
--- a/module/spring-boot-jackson2/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/jackson2/autoconfigure/Jackson2Properties.java
+++ b/module/spring-boot-jackson2/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/jackson2/autoconfigure/Jackson2Properties.java
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ public class Jackson2Properties {
 	 * Strategy to use to auto-detect constructor, and in particular behavior with
 	 * single-argument constructors.
 	 */
-	private @Nullable ConstructorDetectorStrategy constructorDetector;
+	private ConstructorDetectorStrategy constructorDetector = ConstructorDetectorStrategy.DEFAULT;
 
 	/**
 	 * Time zone used when formatting dates. For instance, "America/Los_Angeles" or
@@ -190,11 +190,11 @@ public class Jackson2Properties {
 	}
 
 	@DeprecatedConfigurationProperty(reason = "Deprecated in favor of Jackson 3", since = "4.0.0")
-	public @Nullable ConstructorDetectorStrategy getConstructorDetector() {
+	public ConstructorDetectorStrategy getConstructorDetector() {
 		return this.constructorDetector;
 	}
 
-	public void setConstructorDetector(@Nullable ConstructorDetectorStrategy constructorDetector) {
+	public void setConstructorDetector(ConstructorDetectorStrategy constructorDetector) {
 		this.constructorDetector = constructorDetector;
 	}
 
diff --git a/module/spring-boot-jackson2/src/main/resources/META-INF/additional-spring-configuration-metadata.json b/module/spring-boot-jackson2/src/main/resources/META-INF/additional-spring-configuration-metadata.json
index cdddc040143..c8c5b965469 100644
--- a/module/spring-boot-jackson2/src/main/resources/META-INF/additional-spring-configuration-metadata.json
+++ b/module/spring-boot-jackson2/src/main/resources/META-INF/additional-spring-configuration-metadata.json
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 {
   "properties": [
-    {
-      "name": "spring.jackson2.constructor-detector",
-      "defaultValue": "default"
-    },
     {
       "name": "spring.jackson2.datatype.enum",
       "description": "Jackson on/off features for enums."