diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/SchemaMapping.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/SchemaMapping.java
index 671424b89a..88a6f0e9bb 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/SchemaMapping.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/SchemaMapping.java
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ public class SchemaMapping implements Serializable {
      * @deprecated - 2.0.5 - Do not reuse this SchemaMapping!
      */
     @Deprecated
-    public static final SchemaMapping       NO_MAPPING        = new SchemaMapping(new Settings(), true);
+    public static final SchemaMapping       NO_MAPPING        = new SchemaMapping(SettingsTools.defaultSettings(), true);
 
     private final RenderMapping             mapping;
     private final boolean                   ignoreMapping;
@@ -300,8 +300,11 @@ public class SchemaMapping implements Serializable {
      * @return The configured schema
      */
     public Schema map(Schema schema) {
-        if (ignoreMapping) return schema;
+
+        // [#1774] The default Settings render schema flag takes precedence over
+        // The DefaultConfiguration's ignoreMapping flag!
         if (!renderSchema) return null;
+        if (ignoreMapping) return schema;
 
         Schema result = null;
         if (schema != null) {
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultConfiguration.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultConfiguration.java
index e5e82dc0ea..1330d42e73 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultConfiguration.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultConfiguration.java
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ import javax.sql.DataSource;
 import org.jooq.Configuration;
 import org.jooq.SQLDialect;
 import org.jooq.conf.Settings;
+import org.jooq.conf.SettingsTools;
 
 /**
  * The default configuration, if no other configuration is supplied
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ final class DefaultConfiguration implements Configuration {
 
     @Override
     public final Settings getSettings() {
-        return new Settings();
+        return SettingsTools.defaultSettings();
     }
 
     @Override