diff --git a/cecli/args.py b/cecli/args.py
index 7325fce61cf..35ba98bd9ab 100644
--- a/cecli/args.py
+++ b/cecli/args.py
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ def get_parser(default_config_files, git_root):
     group.add_argument(
         "--enable-context-compaction",
         action=argparse.BooleanOptionalAction,
-        default=False,
+        default=True,
         help="Enable automatic compaction of chat history to conserve tokens (default: False)",
     )
     group.add_argument(
diff --git a/shim.pyproject.toml b/shim.pyproject.toml
index 8666c3abd3d..1181349abad 100644
--- a/shim.pyproject.toml
+++ b/shim.pyproject.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 [project]
 name = "aider-ce"
-description = "⚠️ DEPRECATED: This package has been renamed to 'cecli-dev'. Please install 'cecli-dev' instead. ⚠️ aider-ce - now available as 'cecli-dev' package."
+description = "⚠️ DEPRECATED: This package has been renamed to 'cecli-dev'."
 readme = "README.md"
 classifiers = [
     "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",