diff --git a/core/src/rpc_subscriptions.rs b/core/src/rpc_subscriptions.rs
index 996f63fdb6..b5d1443042 100644
--- a/core/src/rpc_subscriptions.rs
+++ b/core/src/rpc_subscriptions.rs
@@ -643,9 +643,7 @@ impl RpcSubscriptions {
         subscriber: Subscriber<Response<UiAccount>>,
     ) {
         let config = config.unwrap_or_default();
-        let commitment = config
-            .commitment
-            .unwrap_or_else(CommitmentConfig::confirmed);
+        let commitment = config.commitment.unwrap_or_default();
 
         let slot = if commitment.is_finalized() {
             self.block_commitment_cache
@@ -716,10 +714,7 @@ impl RpcSubscriptions {
         subscriber: Subscriber<Response<RpcKeyedAccount>>,
     ) {
         let config = config.unwrap_or_default();
-        let commitment = config
-            .account_config
-            .commitment
-            .unwrap_or_else(CommitmentConfig::confirmed);
+        let commitment = config.account_config.commitment.unwrap_or_default();
 
         let mut subscriptions = if commitment.is_confirmed() {
             self.subscriptions
@@ -766,7 +761,7 @@ impl RpcSubscriptions {
         sub_id: SubscriptionId,
         subscriber: Subscriber<Response<RpcLogsResponse>>,
     ) {
-        let commitment = commitment.unwrap_or_else(CommitmentConfig::confirmed);
+        let commitment = commitment.unwrap_or_default();
 
         {
             let mut subscriptions = if commitment.is_confirmed() {
@@ -877,7 +872,7 @@ impl RpcSubscriptions {
             .map(|config| (config.commitment, config.enable_received_notification))
             .unwrap_or_default();
 
-        let commitment = commitment.unwrap_or_else(CommitmentConfig::confirmed);
+        let commitment = commitment.unwrap_or_default();
 
         let mut subscriptions = if commitment.is_confirmed() {
             self.subscriptions
diff --git a/core/tests/rpc.rs b/core/tests/rpc.rs
index 5c8eaa849f..d864c81da3 100644
--- a/core/tests/rpc.rs
+++ b/core/tests/rpc.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ use serde_json::{json, Value};
 use solana_account_decoder::UiAccount;
 use solana_client::{
     rpc_client::RpcClient,
+    rpc_config::{RpcAccountInfoConfig, RpcSignatureSubscribeConfig},
     rpc_response::{Response, RpcSignatureResult, SlotUpdate},
 };
 use solana_core::{rpc_pubsub::gen_client::Client as PubsubClient, test_validator::TestValidator};
@@ -272,7 +273,13 @@ fn test_rpc_subscriptions() {
                     let status_sender = status_sender.clone();
                     tokio_01::spawn(
                         client
-                            .signature_subscribe(sig.clone(), None)
+                            .signature_subscribe(
+                                sig.clone(),
+                                Some(RpcSignatureSubscribeConfig {
+                                    commitment: Some(CommitmentConfig::confirmed()),
+                                    ..RpcSignatureSubscribeConfig::default()
+                                }),
+                            )
                             .and_then(move |sig_stream| {
                                 sig_stream.for_each(move |result| {
                                     status_sender.send((sig.clone(), result)).unwrap();
@@ -301,7 +308,13 @@ fn test_rpc_subscriptions() {
                     let account_sender = account_sender.clone();
                     tokio_01::spawn(
                         client
-                            .account_subscribe(pubkey, None)
+                            .account_subscribe(
+                                pubkey,
+                                Some(RpcAccountInfoConfig {
+                                    commitment: Some(CommitmentConfig::confirmed()),
+                                    ..RpcAccountInfoConfig::default()
+                                }),
+                            )
                             .and_then(move |account_stream| {
                                 account_stream.for_each(move |result| {
                                     account_sender.send(result).unwrap();
diff --git a/docs/src/developing/clients/jsonrpc-api.md b/docs/src/developing/clients/jsonrpc-api.md
index b971175fbc..f3b344d54a 100644
--- a/docs/src/developing/clients/jsonrpc-api.md
+++ b/docs/src/developing/clients/jsonrpc-api.md
@@ -3147,7 +3147,7 @@ After connecting to the RPC PubSub websocket at `ws://<ADDRESS>/`:
 
 - Submit subscription requests to the websocket using the methods below
 - Multiple subscriptions may be active at once
-- Many subscriptions take the optional [`commitment` parameter](jsonrpc-api.md#configuring-state-commitment), defining how finalized a change should be to trigger a notification. For subscriptions, if commitment is unspecified, the default value is `"confirmed"`.
+- Many subscriptions take the optional [`commitment` parameter](jsonrpc-api.md#configuring-state-commitment), defining how finalized a change should be to trigger a notification. For subscriptions, if commitment is unspecified, the default value is `"finalized"`.
 
 ### accountSubscribe