diff --git a/src/backend/BSConfig.pm.template b/src/backend/BSConfig.pm.template
index f8f392c9927..5822abf02b8 100644
--- a/src/backend/BSConfig.pm.template
+++ b/src/backend/BSConfig.pm.template
@@ -202,10 +202,6 @@ our $relsync_pool = {
 #                           'main' => 'http://main-backend-server:5252',
 #                         };
 
-# enable download on demand
-# our $enable_download_on_demand = 1;
-
-
 # host specific configs
 my $hostconfig = __FILE__;
 $hostconfig =~ s/[^\/]*$/bsconfig.$hostname/;