diff --git a/RELEASE.md b/RELEASE.md
index fa3ba0db0..bb1939ff0 100644
--- a/RELEASE.md
+++ b/RELEASE.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # 1.0.0-alpha.11
 
+- Changed resource mirroring to be opt-in instead of opt-out (you now need to set `MirrorResources` to `true` to enable) (#896).
 - Fix to filter tree placeholder pages out of the `Sitemap` pipeline (#895).
 
 # 1.0.0-alpha.10
diff --git a/src/Statiq.Web/BootstrapperFactoryExtensions.cs b/src/Statiq.Web/BootstrapperFactoryExtensions.cs
index 2550534c6..e44f89f44 100644
--- a/src/Statiq.Web/BootstrapperFactoryExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Statiq.Web/BootstrapperFactoryExtensions.cs
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ public static Bootstrapper CreateWeb(this BootstrapperFactory factory, string[]
                     { WebKeys.ContentFiles, "**/{!_,}*.{html,cshtml,md}" },
                     { WebKeys.DataFiles, "**/{!_,}*.{json,yaml,yml}" },
                     { WebKeys.DirectoryMetadataFiles, "**/_{d,D}irectory.{json,yaml,yml}" },
-                    { WebKeys.MirrorResources, true },
                     { WebKeys.ValidateRelativeLinks, true },
                     { WebKeys.GenerateSitemap, true },
                     { WebKeys.Xref, Config.FromDocument(doc => doc.GetTitle().Replace(' ', '-')) },