diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index 636e8f8b1f34ec399c9457d44b33d0bd34f7d7d1..2a7b10223abffa8d065c584738c89422bc8c7f93 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 ## Bug fixes
 
 ## Features
+* Don't pull jQuery from a CDN by default [#5105](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/5105)
 
 # 0.4.1.0
 
diff --git a/config/defaults.yml b/config/defaults.yml
index d94cb7ac6ab35cfae6b7d9df6d62e4f9828ae7b3..01e2599bef4d74b632446f478126bebc5898ce3a 100644
--- a/config/defaults.yml
+++ b/config/defaults.yml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ defaults:
     embed_sidekiq_worker: false
     sidekiq_workers: 1
   privacy:
-    jquery_cdn: true
+    jquery_cdn: false
     google_analytics_key:
     piwik:
       enable: false
diff --git a/config/diaspora.yml.example b/config/diaspora.yml.example
index 8e8cdbf63bfa863ef3d0be39f6db58da6b529d0f..e3a8ecc9f562b2c207a4a5ac19eb080dffb8eb3e 100644
--- a/config/diaspora.yml.example
+++ b/config/diaspora.yml.example
@@ -172,11 +172,11 @@ configuration: ## Section
   ## Settings potentially affecting the privacy of your users 
   privacy: ## Section
     
-    ## Include jQuery from jquery.com's CDN (default=true)
-    ## This can save you some traffic and speeds up load time since most
-    ## clients already have this one cached. Set this to false if you want
-    ## the jQuery library to be loaded from your pod's own resources.
-    #jquery_cdn: true
+    ## Include jQuery from jquery.com's CDN (default=false)
+    ## Enabling this can reduce traffic and speed up load time since most
+    ## clients already have this one cached. When set to false (the default),
+    ## the jQuery library will be loaded from your pod's own resources.
+    #jquery_cdn: false
     
     ## Google Analytics (disabled by default)
     ## Provide a key to enable tracking by Google Analytics