diff --git a/config.default.yaml b/config.default.yaml
index 4cf7f5fa..4078ee01 100644
--- a/config.default.yaml
+++ b/config.default.yaml
@@ -195,14 +195,7 @@ sector:
   agriculture_machinery_electric_efficiency: 0.3 # electricity per use
   shipping_average_efficiency: 0.4 #For conversion of fuel oil to propulsion in 2011
   shipping_hydrogen_liquefaction: false # whether to consider liquefaction costs for shipping H2 demands
-  shipping_hydrogen_share:  # 1 means all hydrogen FC
-    2020: 0
-    2025: 0
-    2030: 0.05
-    2035: 0.15
-    2040: 0.3
-    2045: 0.6
-    2050: 1
+  shipping_hydrogen_share:  0
   time_dep_hp_cop: true #time dependent heat pump coefficient of performance
   heat_pump_sink_T: 55. # Celsius, based on DTU / large area radiators; used in build_cop_profiles.py
    # conservatively high to cover hot water and space heating in poorly-insulated buildings
diff --git a/doc/release_notes.rst b/doc/release_notes.rst
index 1eb33652..51c533f4 100644
--- a/doc/release_notes.rst
+++ b/doc/release_notes.rst
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ incorporates retrofitting options to hydrogen.
 
 * Updated `data bundle <https://zenodo.org/record/5824485/files/pypsa-eur-sec-data-bundle.tar.gz>`_ that includes the hydrogan salt cavern storage potentials.
 
+* Shipping demand now defaults to (synthetic) oil rather than liquefied hydrogen until 2050.
+
 **Bugfixes**
 
 * The CO2 sequestration limit implemented as GlobalConstraint (introduced in the previous version)