diff --git a/src/standard/configure.html b/src/standard/configure.html
index c6f0551bf0..62fd8cf1ff 100644
--- a/src/standard/configure.html
+++ b/src/standard/configure.html
@@ -131,7 +131,9 @@
           var fx = fx$[p];
           if (fx) {
             for (var i=0, l=fx.length, x; (i<l) && (x=fx[i]); i++) {
-              if (x.kind === 'annotation') {
+              // TODO(kschaaf): compound bindings (as well as computed effects)
+              // are excluded from top-down configure for now; to be revisited
+              if (x.kind === 'annotation' && !x.isCompound) {
                 var node = this._nodes[x.effect.index];
                 // seeding configuration only
                 if (node._configValue) {