diff --git a/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/application.rb b/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/application.rb
index 6915d51e..38c2baf4 100644
--- a/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/application.rb
+++ b/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/application.rb
@@ -184,12 +184,6 @@ module Middleman
       end
     }, 'Callbacks that can exclude paths from the sitemap'
 
-    # Set textual delimiters that denote the start and end of frontmatter
-    define_setting :frontmatter_delims, {
-      json: [%w(;;; ;;;)],
-      yaml: [%w(--- ---), %w(--- ...)]
-    }, 'Allowed frontmatter delimiters'
-
     define_setting :skip_build_clean, proc { |p| [/\.git/].any? { |r| r.match(p) } }, 'Whether some paths should not be removed during a clean build.'
 
     define_setting :watcher_disable, false, 'If the Listen watcher should not run'
diff --git a/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/core_extensions/front_matter.rb b/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/core_extensions/front_matter.rb
index ffde6b19..ea3f38af 100644
--- a/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/core_extensions/front_matter.rb
+++ b/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/core_extensions/front_matter.rb
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@ module Middleman::CoreExtensions
     # Try to run after routing but before directory_indexes
     self.resource_list_manipulator_priority = 20
 
+    # Set textual delimiters that denote the start and end of frontmatter
+    define_setting :frontmatter_delims, {
+      json: [%w(;;; ;;;)],
+      yaml: [%w(--- ---), %w(--- ...)]
+    }, 'Allowed frontmatter delimiters'
+
     def initialize(app, options_hash={}, &block)
       super
 
@@ -29,7 +35,6 @@ module Middleman::CoreExtensions
     def manipulate_resource_list(resources)
       resources.each do |resource|
         next if resource.binary?
-        next if resource.ignored?
         next if resource.file_descriptor.nil?
 
         fmdata = data(resource.file_descriptor[:full_path].to_s).first.dup