diff --git a/commons.profile b/commons.profile
index a419f65..fbd4079 100644
--- a/commons.profile
+++ b/commons.profile
@@ -5,6 +5,24 @@
  */
 
 /**
+ * Implements hook_install_tasks_alter().
+ */
+function commons_install_tasks_alter(&$tasks, $install_state) {
+  global $install_state;
+
+  // Skip profile selection step.
+  $tasks['install_select_profile']['display'] = FALSE;
+
+  // Skip language selection install step and default language to English.
+  $tasks['install_select_locale']['display'] = FALSE;
+  $tasks['install_select_locale']['run'] = INSTALL_TASK_SKIP;
+  $install_state['parameters']['locale'] = 'en';
+
+  // Override "install_finished" task to redirect people to home page.
+  $tasks['install_finished']['function'] = 'commons_install_finished';
+}
+
+/**
  * Implements hook_form_FORM_ID_alter() for install_configure_form().
  *
  * Allows the profile to alter the site configuration form.
@@ -478,3 +496,36 @@ function commons_acquia_connector_enable() {
     module_enable($modules, TRUE);
   }
 }
+
+/**
+ * Override of install_finished() without the useless text.
+ */
+function commons_install_finished(&$install_state) {
+  // BEGIN copy/paste from install_finished().
+  // Flush all caches to ensure that any full bootstraps during the installer
+  // do not leave stale cached data, and that any content types or other items
+  // registered by the installation profile are registered correctly.
+  drupal_flush_all_caches();
+
+  // Remember the profile which was used.
+  variable_set('install_profile', drupal_get_profile());
+
+  // Installation profiles are always loaded last
+  db_update('system')
+    ->fields(array('weight' => 1000))
+    ->condition('type', 'module')
+    ->condition('name', drupal_get_profile())
+    ->execute();
+
+  // Cache a fully-built schema.
+  drupal_get_schema(NULL, TRUE);
+
+  // Run cron to populate update status tables (if available) so that users
+  // will be warned if they've installed an out of date Drupal version.
+  // Will also trigger indexing of profile-supplied content or feeds.
+  drupal_cron_run();
+  // END copy/paste from install_finished().
+
+  // Go to the home page.
+  drupal_goto('');
+}