diff --git a/lib/stackops/apiGateway.js b/lib/stackops/apiGateway.js
index 196c062..f4570ba 100644
--- a/lib/stackops/apiGateway.js
+++ b/lib/stackops/apiGateway.js
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ const BbPromise = require('bluebird');
 const utils = require('../utils');
 
 const stageMethodConfigMappings = {
-	cacheDataEncrypted: { prop: 'CacheDataEncrypted', validate: _.isBoolean, default: false },
+	cacheDataEncrypted: { prop: 'CacheDataEncrypted', validate: _.isBoolean },
 	cacheTtlInSeconds: { prop: 'CacheTtlInSeconds', validate: _.isInteger },
-	cachingEnabled: { prop: 'CachingEnabled', validate: _.isBoolean, default: false },
-	dataTraceEnabled: { prop: 'DataTraceEnabled', validate: _.isBoolean, default: false },
-	loggingLevel: { prop: 'LoggingLevel', validate: value => _.includes([ 'OFF', 'INFO', 'ERROR' ], value), default: 'OFF' },
-	metricsEnabled: { prop: 'MetricsEnabled', validate: _.isBoolean, default: false },
+	cachingEnabled: { prop: 'CachingEnabled', validate: _.isBoolean },
+	dataTraceEnabled: { prop: 'DataTraceEnabled', validate: _.isBoolean },
+	loggingLevel: { prop: 'LoggingLevel', validate: value => _.includes([ 'OFF', 'INFO', 'ERROR' ], value) },
+	metricsEnabled: { prop: 'MetricsEnabled', validate: _.isBoolean },
 	throttlingBurstLimit: { prop: 'ThrottlingBurstLimit', validate: _.isInteger },
 	throttlingRateLimit: { prop: 'ThrottlingRateLimit', validate: _.isNumber }
 };
@@ -79,7 +79,13 @@ const internal = {
 				const eventStageConfig = _.defaults({}, httpEvent.aliasStage, funcStageConfig);
 				if (!_.isEmpty(eventStageConfig)) {
 					const methodType = _.toUpper(httpEvent.method);
-					const methodSetting = {};
+					const methodSetting = {
+						CacheDataEncrypted: false,
+						CachingEnabled: false,
+						DataTraceEnabled: false,
+						LoggingLevel: 'OFF',
+						MetricsEnabled: false
+					};
 					const methods = methodType === 'ANY' ? [
 						'DELETE',
 						'GET',
@@ -96,9 +102,7 @@ const internal = {
 						} else if (!stageMethodConfigMappings[key].validate(value)) {
 							throw new this.serverless.classes.Error(`Invalid value for stage config '${key}: ${value}' at method '${methodType} /${httpEvent.path}'`);
 						}
-						if (!_.has(stageMethodConfigMappings[key], 'default') || stageMethodConfigMappings[key].default !== value) {
-							methodSetting[stageMethodConfigMappings[key].prop] = value;
-						}
+						methodSetting[stageMethodConfigMappings[key].prop] = value;
 					});
 					if (!_.isEmpty(methodSetting)) {
 						methodSetting.ResourcePath = '/' + _.replace('/' + _.trimStart(httpEvent.path, '/'), /\//g, '~1');