diff --git a/local/config/vufind/config.ini b/local/config/vufind/config.ini
index 75b42dda3bbe6365284cb221113b7a80809160dd..933e776533274d30858d8b0f9e97c5f621e92003 100644
--- a/local/config/vufind/config.ini
+++ b/local/config/vufind/config.ini
@@ -1187,7 +1187,7 @@ treeSearchLimit = 100
 ; This section controls VuFind's social features.
 [Social]
 ; Comments may be "enabled" or "disabled" (default = "enabled")
-comments = enabled
+comments = disabled
 ; Favorite lists may be "enabled", "disabled", "public_only" or "private_only"
 ; (default = "enabled")
 ; The public_only/private_only settings restrict the type of list users may
@@ -1196,7 +1196,7 @@ comments = enabled
 lists = enabled
 ; Tags may be "enabled" or "disabled" (default = "enabled")
 ; When disabling tags, don't forget to also turn off tag search in searches.ini.
-tags = enabled
+tags = disabled
 ; This controls the maximum length of a single tag; it should correspond with the
 ; field size in the tags database table.
 max_tag_length = 64
diff --git a/local/config/vufind/searches.ini b/local/config/vufind/searches.ini
index 0cd927c158630151ca180e305877b130dea6ee09..733e90b6b9f495b6817699c40c000b5876cef688 100644
--- a/local/config/vufind/searches.ini
+++ b/local/config/vufind/searches.ini
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ default_noresults_recommend[] = SwitchQuery
 
 ; Set this to true in order to highlight keywords from the search query when they
 ; appear in fields displayed in search results.
-highlighting = true
+highlighting = false
 
 ; Set this to restrict the list of fields that will be highlighted (the hl.fl
 ; Solr parameter); default = '*' for all fields: