diff --git a/src/app/qgsoptions.cpp b/src/app/qgsoptions.cpp
index f96098093187..4d49fee1937f 100644
--- a/src/app/qgsoptions.cpp
+++ b/src/app/qgsoptions.cpp
@@ -255,8 +255,7 @@ QgsOptions::QgsOptions( QWidget *parent, Qt::WindowFlags fl, const QList<QgsOpti
     for ( int i = 0; i < varStrItms.size(); ++i )
     {
       QTableWidgetItem *varNameItm = new QTableWidgetItem( varStrItms.at( i ) );
-      varNameItm->setFlags( Qt::ItemIsEnabled | Qt::ItemIsSelectable
-                            | Qt::ItemIsEditable | Qt::ItemIsDragEnabled );
+      varNameItm->setFlags( Qt::ItemIsEnabled | Qt::ItemIsSelectable );
       fItm = varNameItm->font();
       if ( !sysVarVal.isEmpty() )
       {
diff --git a/src/ui/qgsoptionsbase.ui b/src/ui/qgsoptionsbase.ui
index 18f27326ae13..480d600bdbb6 100644
--- a/src/ui/qgsoptionsbase.ui
+++ b/src/ui/qgsoptionsbase.ui
@@ -1481,15 +1481,6 @@
                          <height>120</height>
                         </size>
                        </property>
-                       <property name="editTriggers">
-                        <set>QAbstractItemView::AllEditTriggers</set>
-                       </property>
-                       <property name="dragEnabled">
-                        <bool>true</bool>
-                       </property>
-                       <property name="dragDropMode">
-                        <enum>QAbstractItemView::DragOnly</enum>
-                       </property>
                        <property name="selectionMode">
                         <enum>QAbstractItemView::SingleSelection</enum>
                        </property>