Yep, I should have said that my method is the only one, it can not be permanently disabled.
For something like that, you need Kanvas Buddy, a plugin for Krita, or its successor Touchify, another plugin which is currently under heavy development.
The most recent version of Kanvas Buddy is found here:
And the development topic of Touchify is found here:
And the most recent version can be downloaded via this direct download-link.