diff --git a/docs/get-started/features.md b/docs/get-started/features.md
index a2fd5fdbb..7081dcbaf 100644
--- a/docs/get-started/features.md
+++ b/docs/get-started/features.md
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ labels by defining them in the `nfd-worker` configuration file.
 | rdma  | capable | The node has an RDMA capable Network adapter |
 | rdma | enabled | The node has the needed RDMA modules loaded to run RDMA traffic |
 
-### IOMMU
+### IOMMU (deprecated)
 
 The **iommu** feature source supports the following labels:
 
@@ -437,6 +437,8 @@ The **iommu** feature source supports the following labels:
 | :------------: | :---------------------------------------------------------: |
 | enabled        | IOMMU is present and enabled in the kernel
 
+**DEPRECATED**: The **iommu** source is deprecated and not enabled by default.
+
 ### Kernel
 
 The **kernel** feature source supports the following labels:
diff --git a/docs/get-started/introduction.md b/docs/get-started/introduction.md
index 4219e0082..7522be23c 100644
--- a/docs/get-started/introduction.md
+++ b/docs/get-started/introduction.md
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ supposed to be running on each node of the cluster.
 Feature discovery is divided into domain-specific feature sources:
 
 - CPU
-- IOMMU
 - Kernel
 - Memory
 - Network
@@ -62,6 +61,7 @@ Feature discovery is divided into domain-specific feature sources:
 - USB
 - Custom (rule-based custom features)
 - Local (hooks for user-specific features)
+- IOMMU (*deprecated*)
 
 Each feature source is responsible for detecting a set of features which. in
 turn, are turned into node feature labels.  Feature labels are prefixed with
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ An overview of the default feature labels:
 {
   "feature.node.kubernetes.io/cpu-<feature-name>": "true",
   "feature.node.kubernetes.io/custom-<feature-name>": "true",
-  "feature.node.kubernetes.io/iommu-<feature-name>": "true",
   "feature.node.kubernetes.io/kernel-<feature name>": "<feature value>",
   "feature.node.kubernetes.io/memory-<feature-name>": "true",
   "feature.node.kubernetes.io/network-<feature-name>": "true",
diff --git a/pkg/nfd-client/worker/nfd-worker-internal_test.go b/pkg/nfd-client/worker/nfd-worker-internal_test.go
index 9b524e4cb..0570e18f2 100644
--- a/pkg/nfd-client/worker/nfd-worker-internal_test.go
+++ b/pkg/nfd-client/worker/nfd-worker-internal_test.go
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ func TestNewNfdWorker(t *testing.T) {
 			So(worker.configure("", ""), ShouldBeNil)
 			Convey("all sources should be enabled and the whitelist regexp should be empty", func() {
 				So(len(worker.featureSources), ShouldEqual, len(source.GetAllFeatureSources())-1)
-				So(len(worker.labelSources), ShouldEqual, len(source.GetAllLabelSources())-1)
+				So(len(worker.labelSources), ShouldEqual, len(source.GetAllLabelSources())-2)
 				So(worker.config.Core.LabelWhiteList, ShouldResemble, emptyRegexp)
 			})
 		})
diff --git a/source/iommu/iommu.go b/source/iommu/iommu.go
index d22b8ef0a..fb49f7aa7 100644
--- a/source/iommu/iommu.go
+++ b/source/iommu/iommu.go
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ func (s *iommuSource) GetLabels() (source.FeatureLabels, error) {
 	return features, nil
 }
 
+// DisableByDefault method of the SupplementalSource interface.
+func (s *iommuSource) DisableByDefault() bool { return true }
+
 func init() {
 	source.Register(&src)
 }