--- modules/node_deploy/node_deploy.module	2010-04-21 15:49:36.000000000 -0700
+++ modules/node_deploy/node_deploy.nodewordshack.module	2010-04-21 15:49:16.000000000 -0700
@@ -243,6 +243,16 @@ function node_deploy_node($node) {
 
   watchdog('node deploy', print_r($node, TRUE));
 
+  /**
+   * Ugly ugly quick hack fix for deploy/nodewords robots barfing.
+   * There's a better place to fix this but I havent found it yet.
+   * This patch was made for Deploy module 6.x-1.x-dev
+   * issue @see http://drupal.org/node/699714
+   */
+  if (isset($node->nodewords['robots']['value'][0])) {
+    unset($node->nodewords['robots']['value'][0]);
+  }
+
   // And we're off.
   $nid = deploy_send(array('node.save'), array($node));