diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index 8acd2120aef2..e2dbabbfd24d 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 
 ## Changes affecting backward compatibility
 
+- `-d:nimPreviewFloatRoundtrip` becomes the default. `system.addFloat` and `system.$` now can produce string representations of
+floating point numbers that are minimal in size and possess round-trip and correct
+rounding guarantees (via the
+[Dragonbox](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jk-jeon/dragonbox/master/other_files/Dragonbox.pdf) algorithm).
 
 ## Standard library additions and changes
 
diff --git a/compiler/nim.cfg b/compiler/nim.cfg
index ce5a22ad2ae1..87c35a711084 100644
--- a/compiler/nim.cfg
+++ b/compiler/nim.cfg
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ hint[XDeclaredButNotUsed]:off
 
 define:booting
 define:nimcore
-define:nimPreviewFloatRoundtrip
 define:nimPreviewSlimSystem
 define:nimPreviewCstringConversion
 define:nimPreviewProcConversion
diff --git a/lib/std/formatfloat.nim b/lib/std/formatfloat.nim
index 9258245f6236..8e7c03710993 100644
--- a/lib/std/formatfloat.nim
+++ b/lib/std/formatfloat.nim
@@ -79,10 +79,7 @@ proc writeFloatToBufferSprintf*(buf: var array[65, char]; value: BiggestFloat):
       result = 3
 
 proc writeFloatToBuffer*(buf: var array[65, char]; value: BiggestFloat | float32): int {.inline.} =
-  when defined(nimPreviewFloatRoundtrip) or defined(nimPreviewSlimSystem):
-    writeFloatToBufferRoundtrip(buf, value)
-  else:
-    writeFloatToBufferSprintf(buf, value)
+  writeFloatToBufferRoundtrip(buf, value)
 
 proc addFloatRoundtrip*(result: var string; x: float | float32) =
   when nimvm:
@@ -126,16 +123,11 @@ proc addFloat*(result: var string; x: float | float32) {.inline.} =
       b = 45.67
     s.addFloat(45.67)
     assert s == "foo:45.67"
-  template impl =
-    when defined(nimPreviewFloatRoundtrip) or defined(nimPreviewSlimSystem):
-      addFloatRoundtrip(result, x)
-    else:
-      addFloatSprintf(result, x)
   when defined(js):
-    when nimvm: impl()
+    when nimvm: addFloatRoundtrip(result, x)
     else:
       result.add nimFloatToString(x)
-  else: impl()
+  else: addFloatRoundtrip(result, x)
 
 when defined(nimPreviewSlimSystem):
   func `$`*(x: float | float32): string =
diff --git a/tests/config.nims b/tests/config.nims
index 0b2b66d81b6a..36111d855cc6 100644
--- a/tests/config.nims
+++ b/tests/config.nims
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ hint("Processing", off)
 switch("define", "nimExperimentalLinenoiseExtra")
 
 # preview APIs are expected to be the new default in upcoming versions
-switch("define", "nimPreviewFloatRoundtrip")
 #switch("define", "nimPreviewDotLikeOps") # deprecated?
 switch("define", "nimPreviewJsonutilsHoleyEnum")
 switch("define", "nimPreviewHashRef")
diff --git a/tests/float/tfloats.nim b/tests/float/tfloats.nim
index aaed2d615b6a..a3c8da4551d6 100644
--- a/tests/float/tfloats.nim
+++ b/tests/float/tfloats.nim
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 discard """
-  matrix: "-d:nimPreviewFloatRoundtrip; -u:nimPreviewFloatRoundtrip"
   targets: "c cpp js"
 """
 
@@ -66,29 +65,18 @@ template main =
     block: # example 1
       let a = 0.1+0.2
       doAssert a != 0.3
-      when defined(nimPreviewFloatRoundtrip):
-        doAssert $a == "0.30000000000000004"
-      else:
-        whenRuntimeJs: discard
-        do: doAssert $a == "0.3"
+      doAssert $a == "0.30000000000000004"
     block: # example 2
       const a = 0.1+0.2
-      when defined(nimPreviewFloatRoundtrip):
-        doAssert $($a, a) == """("0.30000000000000004", 0.30000000000000004)"""
-      else:
-        whenRuntimeJs: discard
-        do: doAssert $($a, a) == """("0.3", 0.3)"""
+      doAssert $($a, a) == """("0.30000000000000004", 0.30000000000000004)"""
     block: # example 3
       const a1 = 0.1+0.2
       let a2 = a1
       doAssert a1 != 0.3
-      when defined(nimPreviewFloatRoundtrip):
-        doAssert $[$a1, $a2] == """["0.30000000000000004", "0.30000000000000004"]"""
-      else:
-        whenRuntimeJs: discard
-        do: doAssert $[$a1, $a2] == """["0.3", "0.3"]"""
+      doAssert $[$a1, $a2] == """["0.30000000000000004", "0.30000000000000004"]"""
+
 
-  when defined(nimPreviewFloatRoundtrip):
+  when true:
     block: # bug #18148
       var a = 1.1'f32
       doAssert $a == "1.1", $a # was failing