diff --git a/modules/system/system.install b/modules/system/system.install
index bd5a20f23e0..bcbff884768 100644
--- a/modules/system/system.install
+++ b/modules/system/system.install
@@ -281,8 +281,9 @@ function system_install() {
 
   db_query("INSERT INTO {variable} (name, value) VALUES ('%s', '%s')", 'theme_default', 's:7:"garland";');
   db_query("UPDATE {system} SET status = %d WHERE type = '%s' AND name = '%s'", 1, 'theme', 'garland');
-  db_query("INSERT INTO {blocks} (module, delta, theme, status, pages) VALUES ('%s', '%s', '%s', %d, '%s')", 'user', '0', 'garland', 1, '');
-  db_query("INSERT INTO {blocks} (module, delta, theme, status, pages) VALUES ('%s', '%s', '%s', %d, '%s')", 'user', '1', 'garland', 1, '');
+  db_query("INSERT INTO {blocks} (module, delta, theme, status, weight, region, pages) VALUES ('%s', '%s', '%s', %d, %d, '%s', '%s')", 'user', '0', 'garland', 1, 0, 'left', '');
+  db_query("INSERT INTO {blocks} (module, delta, theme, status, weight, region, pages) VALUES ('%s', '%s', '%s', %d, %d, '%s', '%s')", 'user', '1', 'garland', 1, 0, 'left', '');
+  db_query("INSERT INTO {blocks} (module, delta, theme, status, weight, region, pages) VALUES ('%s', '%s', '%s', %d, %d, '%s', '%s')", 'system', '0', 'garland', 1, 10, 'footer', '');
 
   db_query("INSERT INTO {node_access} (nid, gid, realm, grant_view, grant_update, grant_delete) VALUES (%d, %d, '%s', %d, %d, %d)", 0, 0, 'all', 1, 0, 0);
 
diff --git a/modules/system/system.module b/modules/system/system.module
index 4ad8f0d0919..97463f1371f 100644
--- a/modules/system/system.module
+++ b/modules/system/system.module
@@ -508,8 +508,6 @@ function system_block($op = 'list', $delta = 0, $edit = NULL) {
       $blocks[0] = array(
         'info' => t('Powered by Drupal'),
         'weight' => '10',
-        'status' => 1,
-        'region' => 'footer',
       );
       return $blocks;
     case 'configure':