From 7050c09094cdf409956737ce9b7a7c52b765a4de Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christopher Phillips <32073428+spiffcs@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2026 22:49:20 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] config: default false

Signed-off-by: Christopher Phillips <32073428+spiffcs@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 syft/pkg/cataloger/golang/config.go      | 2 +-
 syft/pkg/cataloger/golang/config_test.go | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/golang/config.go b/syft/pkg/cataloger/golang/config.go
index 1558f183b..04de1a49f 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/golang/config.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/golang/config.go
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ func DefaultCatalogerConfig() CatalogerConfig {
 		UsePackagesLib:    true,
 		MainModuleVersion: DefaultMainModuleVersionConfig(),
 		LocalModCacheDir:  defaultGoModDir(),
-		CaptureSymbols:    true,
+		CaptureSymbols:    false,
 	}
 
 	// first process the proxy settings
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/golang/config_test.go b/syft/pkg/cataloger/golang/config_test.go
index 9d76e9d3b..aa3e7a712 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/golang/config_test.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/golang/config_test.go
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func Test_Config(t *testing.T) {
 				NoProxy:                     []string{"my.private", "no.proxy"},
 				MainModuleVersion:           DefaultMainModuleVersionConfig(),
 				UsePackagesLib:              true,
-				CaptureSymbols:              true,
+				CaptureSymbols:              false,
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ func Test_Config(t *testing.T) {
 				NoProxy:                     []string{"alt.no.proxy"},
 				MainModuleVersion:           DefaultMainModuleVersionConfig(),
 				UsePackagesLib:              true,
-				CaptureSymbols:              true,
+				CaptureSymbols:              false,
 			},
 		},
 	}