diff --git a/osu.Game/Skinning/DefaultSkin.cs b/osu.Game/Skinning/DefaultSkin.cs
index 6072bb64ed..ec957566cb 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Skinning/DefaultSkin.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Skinning/DefaultSkin.cs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Skinning
         public DefaultSkin()
             : base(SkinInfo.Default)
         {
-            Configuration = new SkinConfiguration();
+            Configuration = new DefaultSkinConfiguration();
         }
 
         public override Drawable GetDrawableComponent(string componentName) => null;
diff --git a/osu.Game/Skinning/DefaultSkinConfiguration.cs b/osu.Game/Skinning/DefaultSkinConfiguration.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..722b35f102
--- /dev/null
+++ b/osu.Game/Skinning/DefaultSkinConfiguration.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+// Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
+// See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
+
+using osuTK.Graphics;
+
+namespace osu.Game.Skinning
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// A skin configuration pre-populated with sane defaults.
+    /// </summary>
+    public class DefaultSkinConfiguration : SkinConfiguration
+    {
+        public DefaultSkinConfiguration()
+        {
+            HitCircleFont = "default";
+
+            ComboColours.AddRange(new[]
+            {
+                new Color4(17, 136, 170, 255),
+                new Color4(102, 136, 0, 255),
+                new Color4(204, 102, 0, 255),
+                new Color4(121, 9, 13, 255)
+            });
+
+            CursorExpand = true;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/osu.Game/Skinning/LegacySkin.cs b/osu.Game/Skinning/LegacySkin.cs
index 1572c588e8..56b8aa19c2 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Skinning/LegacySkin.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Skinning/LegacySkin.cs
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Skinning
                 using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(stream))
                     Configuration = new LegacySkinDecoder().Decode(reader);
             else
-                Configuration = new SkinConfiguration();
+                Configuration = new DefaultSkinConfiguration();
 
             Samples = audioManager.GetSampleStore(storage);
             Textures = new TextureStore(new TextureLoaderStore(storage));
diff --git a/osu.Game/Skinning/SkinConfiguration.cs b/osu.Game/Skinning/SkinConfiguration.cs
index 93b599f9f6..d585c58ef1 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Skinning/SkinConfiguration.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Skinning/SkinConfiguration.cs
@@ -7,21 +7,18 @@ using osuTK.Graphics;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Skinning
 {
+    /// <summary>
+    /// An empty skin configuration.
+    /// </summary>
     public class SkinConfiguration : IHasComboColours, IHasCustomColours
     {
         public readonly SkinInfo SkinInfo = new SkinInfo();
 
-        public List<Color4> ComboColours { get; set; } = new List<Color4>
-        {
-            new Color4(17, 136, 170, 255),
-            new Color4(102, 136, 0, 255),
-            new Color4(204, 102, 0, 255),
-            new Color4(121, 9, 13, 255)
-        };
+        public List<Color4> ComboColours { get; set; } = new List<Color4>();
 
         public Dictionary<string, Color4> CustomColours { get; set; } = new Dictionary<string, Color4>();
 
-        public string HitCircleFont { get; set; } = "default";
+        public string HitCircleFont { get; set; }
 
         public int HitCircleOverlap { get; set; }
 
@@ -29,6 +26,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Skinning
 
         public float? SliderPathRadius { get; set; }
 
-        public bool? CursorExpand { get; set; } = true;
+        public bool? CursorExpand { get; set; }
     }
 }