diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 395a5b73b..3d4072c23 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 2.0.1 ()
  + Addressed valgrind complaints (thanks to Bryce Harrington).
+ + Removed default configuration value for the obsolete 'annotations' setting.
 
 ------ old releases ------------------------------
 
diff --git a/src/Config.cpp b/src/Config.cpp
index 7f9925d4d..2cb5b9e76 100644
--- a/src/Config.cpp
+++ b/src/Config.cpp
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ std::string Config::_defaults =
   "#                                              # Comma-separated list.  May contain any subset of:\n"
   "#verbose=blank,header,footnote,label,new-id,affected,edit,special,project\n"
   "confirmation=yes                               # Confirmation on delete, big changes\n"
-  "annotations=full                               # Level of verbosity for annotations: full, sparse or none\n"
   "indent.annotation=2                            # Indent spaces for annotations\n"
   "indent.report=0                                # Indent spaces for whole report\n"
   "row.padding=0                                  # Left and right padding for each row of report\n"