diff --git a/quartz.layout.ts b/quartz.layout.ts
index b5a1639..fac2e3b 100644
--- a/quartz.layout.ts
+++ b/quartz.layout.ts
@@ -16,9 +16,13 @@ export const sharedPageComponents: SharedLayout = {
 // components for pages that display a single page (e.g. a single note)
 export const defaultContentPageLayout: PageLayout = {
   beforeBody: [
-    Component.Breadcrumbs(),
+    Component.Breadcrumbs({
+      showCurrentPage: false,
+    }),
     Component.ArticleTitle(),
-    Component.ContentMeta(),
+    Component.ContentMeta({
+      hideReadingTime: true,
+    }),
     Component.TagList(),
   ],
   left: [
@@ -37,7 +41,15 @@ export const defaultContentPageLayout: PageLayout = {
 
 // components for pages that display lists of pages  (e.g. tags or folders)
 export const defaultListPageLayout: PageLayout = {
-  beforeBody: [Component.Breadcrumbs(), Component.ArticleTitle(), Component.ContentMeta()],
+  beforeBody: [
+    Component.Breadcrumbs({
+      showCurrentPage: false,
+    }),
+    Component.ArticleTitle(),
+    Component.ContentMeta({
+      hideReadingTime: true,
+    }),
+  ],
   left: [
     Component.PageTitle(),
     Component.MobileOnly(Component.Spacer()),
diff --git a/quartz/components/ContentMeta.tsx b/quartz/components/ContentMeta.tsx
index 4fc6d70..5cf1bb7 100644
--- a/quartz/components/ContentMeta.tsx
+++ b/quartz/components/ContentMeta.tsx
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ interface ContentMetaOptions {
 }
 
 const defaultOptions: ContentMetaOptions = {
-  showReadingTime: true,
+  showReadingTime: false,
 }
 
 export default ((opts?: Partial<ContentMetaOptions>) => {
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ export default ((opts?: Partial<ContentMetaOptions>) => {
         segments.push(formatDate(getDate(cfg, fileData)!, cfg.locale))
       }
 
-      if (enabled !== false) {
       // Display reading time if enabled
       if (options.showReadingTime) {
         const { minutes, words: _words } = readingTime(text)