diff --git a/commons_documents.install b/commons_documents.install
index cdedcb3..52bb7f5 100644
--- a/commons_documents.install
+++ b/commons_documents.install
@@ -9,4 +9,15 @@ function commons_documents_update_7000() {
   );
   features_revert($revert);
   return array();
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+/**
+ * Disable default frontpage promotion of Document nodes.
+ */
+function commons_documents_update_7001() {
+    $revert = array(
+      'commons_documents' => array('variable'),
+  );
+  features_revert($revert);
+  return array();
+}
diff --git a/commons_documents.strongarm.inc b/commons_documents.strongarm.inc
index 48544e7..bee3f8b 100644
--- a/commons_documents.strongarm.inc
+++ b/commons_documents.strongarm.inc
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ function commons_documents_strongarm() {
   $strongarm->name = 'node_options_document';
   $strongarm->value = array(
     0 => 'status',
-    1 => 'promote',
   );
   $export['node_options_document'] = $strongarm;