diff --git a/metricbeat/docs/modules/mysql.asciidoc b/metricbeat/docs/modules/mysql.asciidoc
index 21762cbeb66..f762f5c8642 100644
--- a/metricbeat/docs/modules/mysql.asciidoc
+++ b/metricbeat/docs/modules/mysql.asciidoc
@@ -58,8 +58,10 @@ in <<configuration-metricbeat>>. Here is an example configuration:
 metricbeat.modules:
 - module: mysql
   metricsets:
-    - "status"
-  #  - "galera_status"
+    - status
+  #  - galera_status
+  #  - performance
+  #  - query
   period: 10s
 
   # Host DSN should be defined as "user:pass@tcp(127.0.0.1:3306)/"
diff --git a/metricbeat/docs/modules/mysql/performance.asciidoc b/metricbeat/docs/modules/mysql/performance.asciidoc
index e0e47239f21..d94b12a53fa 100644
--- a/metricbeat/docs/modules/mysql/performance.asciidoc
+++ b/metricbeat/docs/modules/mysql/performance.asciidoc
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ beta[]
 
 include::../../../module/mysql/performance/_meta/docs.asciidoc[]
 
-This is a default metricset. If the host module is unconfigured, this metricset is enabled by default.
 
 ==== Fields
 
diff --git a/metricbeat/docs/modules/mysql/query.asciidoc b/metricbeat/docs/modules/mysql/query.asciidoc
index fd8cdf650f9..31a8e1638c1 100644
--- a/metricbeat/docs/modules/mysql/query.asciidoc
+++ b/metricbeat/docs/modules/mysql/query.asciidoc
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ beta[]
 
 include::../../../module/mysql/query/_meta/docs.asciidoc[]
 
-This is a default metricset. If the host module is unconfigured, this metricset is enabled by default.
 
 ==== Fields
 
diff --git a/metricbeat/metricbeat.reference.yml b/metricbeat/metricbeat.reference.yml
index 2badf80ceff..92aed4ead8f 100644
--- a/metricbeat/metricbeat.reference.yml
+++ b/metricbeat/metricbeat.reference.yml
@@ -647,8 +647,10 @@ metricbeat.modules:
 #-------------------------------- MySQL Module --------------------------------
 - module: mysql
   metricsets:
-    - "status"
-  #  - "galera_status"
+    - status
+  #  - galera_status
+  #  - performance
+  #  - query
   period: 10s
 
   # Host DSN should be defined as "user:pass@tcp(127.0.0.1:3306)/"
diff --git a/metricbeat/module/mysql/_meta/config.epr.yml b/metricbeat/module/mysql/_meta/config.epr.yml
index 450b99a3761..3d65e506f97 100644
--- a/metricbeat/module/mysql/_meta/config.epr.yml
+++ b/metricbeat/module/mysql/_meta/config.epr.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 - module: mysql
   metricsets:
-    - "status"
-    - "galera_status"
+    - status
+  #  - galera_status
+  #  - performance
+  #  - query
   period: 10s
 
   # Host DSN should be defined as "user:pass@tcp(127.0.0.1:3306)/"
diff --git a/metricbeat/module/mysql/_meta/config.reference.yml b/metricbeat/module/mysql/_meta/config.reference.yml
index 6715260a5e9..03880a5ad6a 100644
--- a/metricbeat/module/mysql/_meta/config.reference.yml
+++ b/metricbeat/module/mysql/_meta/config.reference.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 - module: mysql
   metricsets:
-    - "status"
-  #  - "galera_status"
+    - status
+  #  - galera_status
+  #  - performance
+  #  - query
   period: 10s
 
   # Host DSN should be defined as "user:pass@tcp(127.0.0.1:3306)/"
diff --git a/metricbeat/module/mysql/_meta/config.yml b/metricbeat/module/mysql/_meta/config.yml
index 81db7e28eed..367b32e9173 100644
--- a/metricbeat/module/mysql/_meta/config.yml
+++ b/metricbeat/module/mysql/_meta/config.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
   #metricsets:
   #  - status
   #  - galera_status
+  #  - performance
+  #  - query
   period: 10s
 
   # Host DSN should be defined as "user:pass@tcp(127.0.0.1:3306)/"
@@ -15,4 +17,4 @@
   #username: root
 
   # Password of hosts. Empty by default.
-  #password: secret
\ No newline at end of file
+  #password: secret
diff --git a/metricbeat/module/mysql/performance/manifest.yml b/metricbeat/module/mysql/performance/manifest.yml
index b88a2694cf7..51aa01614b5 100644
--- a/metricbeat/module/mysql/performance/manifest.yml
+++ b/metricbeat/module/mysql/performance/manifest.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-default: true
+default: false
 input:
   module: mysql
   metricset: query
diff --git a/metricbeat/module/mysql/query/query.go b/metricbeat/module/mysql/query/query.go
index 24f09218d47..d7664cc8635 100644
--- a/metricbeat/module/mysql/query/query.go
+++ b/metricbeat/module/mysql/query/query.go
@@ -32,11 +32,12 @@ import (
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/libbeat/common/cfgwarn"
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/metricbeat/helper/sql"
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/metricbeat/mb"
+	"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/metricbeat/module/mysql"
 )
 
 func init() {
 	mb.Registry.MustAddMetricSet("mysql", "query", New,
-		mb.DefaultMetricSet(),
+		mb.WithHostParser(mysql.ParseDSN),
 	)
 }
 
diff --git a/metricbeat/modules.d/mysql.yml.disabled b/metricbeat/modules.d/mysql.yml.disabled
index 610b5830cd9..2b3371b1890 100644
--- a/metricbeat/modules.d/mysql.yml.disabled
+++ b/metricbeat/modules.d/mysql.yml.disabled
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
   #metricsets:
   #  - status
   #  - galera_status
+  #  - performance
+  #  - query
   period: 10s
 
   # Host DSN should be defined as "user:pass@tcp(127.0.0.1:3306)/"
@@ -18,4 +20,4 @@
   #username: root
 
   # Password of hosts. Empty by default.
-  #password: secret
\ No newline at end of file
+  #password: secret
diff --git a/x-pack/metricbeat/metricbeat.reference.yml b/x-pack/metricbeat/metricbeat.reference.yml
index 68178d0e715..45da035284f 100644
--- a/x-pack/metricbeat/metricbeat.reference.yml
+++ b/x-pack/metricbeat/metricbeat.reference.yml
@@ -969,8 +969,10 @@ metricbeat.modules:
 #-------------------------------- MySQL Module --------------------------------
 - module: mysql
   metricsets:
-    - "status"
-  #  - "galera_status"
+    - status
+  #  - galera_status
+  #  - performance
+  #  - query
   period: 10s
 
   # Host DSN should be defined as "user:pass@tcp(127.0.0.1:3306)/"