diff --git a/R/revealjs_presentation.R b/R/revealjs_presentation.R
index 53b3e4f..202e8c7 100644
--- a/R/revealjs_presentation.R
+++ b/R/revealjs_presentation.R
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@
                                   theme = "simple",
                                   transition = "default",
                                   background_transition = "default",
-                                  history = TRUE,
                                   reveal_options = NULL,
                                   highlight = "default",
                                   mathjax = "default",
@@ -146,9 +145,6 @@
   background_transition <- match.arg(background_transition, revealjs_transitions())
   args <- c(args, "--variable", paste("backgroundTransition=", background_transition, sep=""))
   
-  # history
-  args <- c(args, pandoc_variable_arg("history", jsbool(history)))
-  
   # additional reveal options
   if (is.list(reveal_options)) {
     for (option in names(reveal_options)) {
diff --git a/man/revealjs_presentation.Rd b/man/revealjs_presentation.Rd
index 4fc1594..23eda9a 100644
--- a/man/revealjs_presentation.Rd
+++ b/man/revealjs_presentation.Rd
@@ -8,10 +8,9 @@
   fig_height = 6, fig_retina = if (!fig_caption) 2, fig_caption = FALSE,
   smart = TRUE, self_contained = TRUE, theme = "simple",
   transition = "default", background_transition = "default",
-  history = TRUE, reveal_options = NULL, highlight = "default",
-  mathjax = "default", template = "default", css = NULL,
-  includes = NULL, keep_md = FALSE, lib_dir = NULL, pandoc_args = NULL,
-  ...)
+  reveal_options = NULL, highlight = "default", mathjax = "default",
+  template = "default", css = NULL, includes = NULL, keep_md = FALSE,
+  lib_dir = NULL, pandoc_args = NULL, ...)
 }
 \arguments{
 \item{incremental}{\code{TRUE} to render slide bullets incrementally. Note
@@ -53,8 +52,6 @@
 \item{background_transition}{Slide background-transition ("default", "none", "fade", "slide", 
 "convex", "concave" or "zoom")}
 
-\item{history}{\code{TRUE} to push each slide change to the browser history.}
-
 \item{reveal_options}{Additional options to specify for reveal.js (see
 \href{https://github.com/hakimel/reveal.js#configuration}{https://github.com/hakimel/reveal.js#configuration} for details).}
 
@@ -88,6 +85,8 @@
 \item{pandoc_args}{Additional command line options to pass to pandoc}
 
 \item{...}{Ignored}
+
+\item{history}{\code{TRUE} to push each slide change to the browser history.}
 }
 \value{
 R Markdown output format to pass to \code{\link{render}}