diff --git a/gunicorn/config.py b/gunicorn/config.py
index 2d8d73ac..ee10b9a5 100644
--- a/gunicorn/config.py
+++ b/gunicorn/config.py
@@ -98,8 +98,7 @@ class Config(object):
 
     @property
     def workers(self):
-        env_workers = int(os.environ.get('WEB_CONCURRENCY'))
-        return self.settings['workers'].get() or env_workers
+        return self.settings['workers'].get()
 
     @property
     def address(self):
@@ -508,7 +507,7 @@ class Workers(Setting):
     meta = "INT"
     validator = validate_pos_int
     type = int
-    default = 1
+    default = int(os.environ.get('WEB_CONCURRENCY', 1))
     desc = """\
         The number of worker process for handling requests.