diff --git a/lib/adapters/http.js b/lib/adapters/http.js
index 951e400fa6..28317c1055 100755
--- a/lib/adapters/http.js
+++ b/lib/adapters/http.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ var zlib = require('zlib');
 var VERSION = require('./../env/data').version;
 var createError = require('../core/createError');
 var enhanceError = require('../core/enhanceError');
-var defaults = require('../defaults');
+var transitionalDefaults = require('../defaults/transitional');
 var Cancel = require('../cancel/Cancel');
 
 var isHttps = /https:?/;
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ module.exports = function httpAdapter(config) {
         } else {
           timeoutErrorMessage = 'timeout of ' + config.timeout + 'ms exceeded';
         }
-        var transitional = config.transitional || defaults.transitional;
+        var transitional = config.transitional || transitionalDefaults;
         reject(createError(
           timeoutErrorMessage,
           config,
diff --git a/lib/adapters/xhr.js b/lib/adapters/xhr.js
index 77246f8cb5..e58625aaa0 100644
--- a/lib/adapters/xhr.js
+++ b/lib/adapters/xhr.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ var buildFullPath = require('../core/buildFullPath');
 var parseHeaders = require('./../helpers/parseHeaders');
 var isURLSameOrigin = require('./../helpers/isURLSameOrigin');
 var createError = require('../core/createError');
-var defaults = require('../defaults');
+var transitionalDefaults = require('../defaults/transitional');
 var Cancel = require('../cancel/Cancel');
 
 module.exports = function xhrAdapter(config) {
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ module.exports = function xhrAdapter(config) {
     // Handle timeout
     request.ontimeout = function handleTimeout() {
       var timeoutErrorMessage = config.timeout ? 'timeout of ' + config.timeout + 'ms exceeded' : 'timeout exceeded';
-      var transitional = config.transitional || defaults.transitional;
+      var transitional = config.transitional || transitionalDefaults;
       if (config.timeoutErrorMessage) {
         timeoutErrorMessage = config.timeoutErrorMessage;
       }
diff --git a/lib/core/transformData.js b/lib/core/transformData.js
index c584d12bc2..82ee7dd7af 100644
--- a/lib/core/transformData.js
+++ b/lib/core/transformData.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 var utils = require('./../utils');
-var defaults = require('./../defaults');
+var defaults = require('../defaults');
 
 /**
  * Transform the data for a request or a response
diff --git a/lib/defaults.js b/lib/defaults/index.js
similarity index 90%
rename from lib/defaults.js
rename to lib/defaults/index.js
index eaee1898a0..8b57b88240 100644
--- a/lib/defaults.js
+++ b/lib/defaults/index.js
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 'use strict';
 
-var utils = require('./utils');
-var normalizeHeaderName = require('./helpers/normalizeHeaderName');
-var enhanceError = require('./core/enhanceError');
+var utils = require('../utils');
+var normalizeHeaderName = require('../helpers/normalizeHeaderName');
+var enhanceError = require('../core/enhanceError');
+var transitionalDefaults = require('./transitional');
 
 var DEFAULT_CONTENT_TYPE = {
   'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'
@@ -18,10 +19,10 @@ function getDefaultAdapter() {
   var adapter;
   if (typeof XMLHttpRequest !== 'undefined') {
     // For browsers use XHR adapter
-    adapter = require('./adapters/xhr');
+    adapter = require('../adapters/xhr');
   } else if (typeof process !== 'undefined' && Object.prototype.toString.call(process) === '[object process]') {
     // For node use HTTP adapter
-    adapter = require('./adapters/http');
+    adapter = require('../adapters/http');
   }
   return adapter;
 }
@@ -43,11 +44,7 @@ function stringifySafely(rawValue, parser, encoder) {
 
 var defaults = {
 
-  transitional: {
-    silentJSONParsing: true,
-    forcedJSONParsing: true,
-    clarifyTimeoutError: false
-  },
+  transitional: transitionalDefaults,
 
   adapter: getDefaultAdapter(),
 
diff --git a/lib/defaults/transitional.js b/lib/defaults/transitional.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..601dd7ef63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/defaults/transitional.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+'use strict';
+
+module.exports = {
+  silentJSONParsing: true,
+  forcedJSONParsing: true,
+  clarifyTimeoutError: false
+};
diff --git a/test/specs/defaults.spec.js b/test/specs/defaults.spec.js
index ff0f15febe..c158d45a85 100644
--- a/test/specs/defaults.spec.js
+++ b/test/specs/defaults.spec.js
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ describe('defaults', function () {
     expect(defaults.transformRequest[0](true, headers)).toEqual('true');
     expect(defaults.transformRequest[0](false, headers)).toEqual('false');
     expect(defaults.transformRequest[0](null, headers)).toEqual('null');
-  });  
+  });
 
   it('should do nothing to request string', function () {
     expect(defaults.transformRequest[0]('foo=bar')).toEqual('foo=bar');