diff --git a/mod/admin.php b/mod/admin.php
index 2a923f4cab..76ecf1f45b 100644
--- a/mod/admin.php
+++ b/mod/admin.php
@@ -372,7 +372,6 @@ function admin_page_site_post(&$a){
 	$basepath		=	((x($_POST,'basepath'))			? notags(trim($_POST['basepath']))		: '');
 	$singleuser		=	((x($_POST,'singleuser'))		? notags(trim($_POST['singleuser']))		: '');
 	$proxy_disabled		=	((x($_POST,'proxy_disabled'))		? True						: False);
-	$disable_noscrape = ((x($_POST,'disable_noscrape')) ? true : false);
 	if($ssl_policy != intval(get_config('system','ssl_policy'))) {
 		if($ssl_policy == SSL_POLICY_FULL) {
 			q("update `contact` set
@@ -500,7 +499,6 @@ function admin_page_site_post(&$a){
 	set_config('system','temppath', $temppath);
 	set_config('system','basepath', $basepath);
 	set_config('system','proxy_disabled', $proxy_disabled);
-	set_config('system','disable_noscrape', $disable_noscrape);
 
 	info( t('Site settings updated.') . EOL);
 	goaway($a->get_baseurl(true) . '/admin/site' );
@@ -668,8 +666,6 @@ function admin_page_site(&$a) {
 		'$proxy_disabled'	=> array('proxy_disabled', t("Disable picture proxy"), get_config('system','proxy_disabled'), t("The picture proxy increases performance and privacy. It shouldn't be used on systems with very low bandwith.")),
 
 		'$relocate_url'     => array('relocate_url', t("New base url"), $a->get_baseurl(), "Change base url for this server. Sends relocate message to all DFRN contacts of all users."),
-
-		'$disable_noscrape'=> array('disable_noscrape', t("Disable noscrape"), get_config('system','disable_noscrape'), t("The noscrape feature speeds up directory submissions by using JSON data instead of HTML scraping. Disabling it will cause higher load on your server and the directory server.")),
 	'$form_security_token' => get_form_security_token("admin_site")
 
 	));
diff --git a/mod/friendica.php b/mod/friendica.php
index ba21276295..7b99f9e6fb 100644
--- a/mod/friendica.php
+++ b/mod/friendica.php
@@ -38,11 +38,8 @@ function friendica_init(&$a) {
 			'site_name' => $a->config['sitename'],
 			'platform' => FRIENDICA_PLATFORM,
 			'info' => ((x($a->config,'info')) ? $a->config['info'] : ''),
+			'no_scrape_url' => $a->get_baseurl().'/noscrape'
 		);
-		
-		//Enable noscrape?
-		if(!get_config('system','disable_noscrape'))
-			$data['no_scrape_url'] = $a->get_baseurl().'/noscrape';
 
 		echo json_encode($data);
 		killme();
diff --git a/mod/noscrape.php b/mod/noscrape.php
index a859efd41e..10df72eeb8 100644
--- a/mod/noscrape.php
+++ b/mod/noscrape.php
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@
 
 function noscrape_init(&$a) {
 
-	if(get_config('system','disable_noscrape'))
-		killme();
-
 	if($a->argc > 1)
 		$which = $a->argv[1];
 	else
diff --git a/view/templates/admin_site.tpl b/view/templates/admin_site.tpl
index 24ff751bea..0baed8a8a0 100644
--- a/view/templates/admin_site.tpl
+++ b/view/templates/admin_site.tpl
@@ -111,7 +111,6 @@
 	{{include file="field_checkbox.tpl" field=$suppress_language}}
 
 	<h3>{{$performance}}</h3>
-	{{include file="field_checkbox.tpl" field=$disable_noscrape}}
 	{{include file="field_checkbox.tpl" field=$use_fulltext_engine}}
 	{{include file="field_input.tpl" field=$itemcache}}
 	{{include file="field_input.tpl" field=$itemcache_duration}}