diff --git a/application/controllers/admin/surveyadmin.php b/application/controllers/admin/surveyadmin.php
index 2c8f8172101..7e2bb078d08 100644
--- a/application/controllers/admin/surveyadmin.php
+++ b/application/controllers/admin/surveyadmin.php
@@ -1100,7 +1100,6 @@ private function _fetchSurveyInfo($action, $iSurveyID=null)
             $esrow['refurl'] = 'N';
             $esrow['tokenanswerspersistence'] = 'N';
             $esrow['alloweditaftercompletion'] = 'N';
-            $esrow['assessments'] = 'N';
             $esrow['startdate'] = '';
             $esrow['savetimings'] = 'N';
             $esrow['expires'] = '';
diff --git a/application/helpers/admin/survey_helper.php b/application/helpers/admin/survey_helper.php
index 2581861b312..ec7ac96b186 100644
--- a/application/helpers/admin/survey_helper.php
+++ b/application/helpers/admin/survey_helper.php
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ function getSurveyDefaultSettings()
     'refurl'                   => 'N',
     'tokenanswerspersistence'  => 'N',
     'alloweditaftercompletion' => 'N',
-    'assessments'               => 'N',
     'startdate'                => '',
     'savetimings'              => 'N',
     'expires'                  => '',