diff --git a/lib/jekyll/configuration.rb b/lib/jekyll/configuration.rb
index ca055329..7089c779 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/configuration.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/configuration.rb
@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@ module Jekyll
       'future'        => true,           # remove and make true just default
       'unpublished'   => false,
 
-      'relative_permalinks' => true,     # backwards-compatibility with < 1.0
-                                         # will be set to false once 2.0 hits
+      'relative_permalinks' => false,
 
       'markdown'      => 'kramdown',
       'highlighter'   => 'pygments',