diff --git a/lib/layouts/article-beamer.layout b/lib/layouts/article-beamer.layout
index 66ea0ebd5b..f25064aa12 100644
--- a/lib/layouts/article-beamer.layout
+++ b/lib/layouts/article-beamer.layout
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ Format 11
 # Includes
 Input beamer.layout
 
+# override settings inherited from beamer.layout (Paul Rubin <rubin@msu.edu>)
+Provides geometry 0
+Provides hyperref 0
+
 Preamble
 	\usepackage{beamerarticle,pgf}
 	% this default might be overridden by plain title style