diff --git a/e2fsprogs/Config.src b/e2fsprogs/Config.src
index f362c6b0a..62bc810f8 100644
--- a/e2fsprogs/Config.src
+++ b/e2fsprogs/Config.src
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ config LSATTR
 
 config TUNE2FS
 	bool "tune2fs"
-	default y
+	default n  # off: it is too limited compared to upstream version
 	help
 	  tune2fs allows the system administrator to adjust various tunable
 	  filesystem parameters on Linux ext2/ext3 filesystems.
diff --git a/networking/nc.c b/networking/nc.c
index 0dacaf117..c77137480 100644
--- a/networking/nc.c
+++ b/networking/nc.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 //config:
 //config:config NC_110_COMPAT
 //config:	bool "Netcat 1.10 compatibility (+2.5k)"
-//config:	default y
+//config:	default n  # off specially for Rob
 //config:	depends on NC
 //config:	help
 //config:	  This option makes nc closely follow original nc-1.10.