diff --git a/src/app/qgsoptions.cpp b/src/app/qgsoptions.cpp
index 8bc19d53248e..51d97e104691 100644
--- a/src/app/qgsoptions.cpp
+++ b/src/app/qgsoptions.cpp
@@ -172,8 +172,6 @@ QgsOptions::QgsOptions( QWidget *parent, Qt::WFlags fl ) :
   cmbWheelAction->setCurrentIndex( settings.value( "/qgis/wheel_action", 0 ).toInt() );
   spinZoomFactor->setValue( settings.value( "/qgis/zoom_factor", 2 ).toDouble() );
 
-  cbxSplitterRedraw->setChecked( settings.value( "/qgis/splitterRedraw", QVariant( true ) ).toBool() );
-
   //
   // Locale settings
   //
@@ -367,8 +365,6 @@ void QgsOptions::saveOptions()
   settings.setValue( "/qgis/wheel_action", cmbWheelAction->currentIndex() );
   settings.setValue( "/qgis/zoom_factor", spinZoomFactor->value() );
 
-  settings.setValue( "/qgis/splitterRedraw", cbxSplitterRedraw->isChecked() );
-
   //digitizing
   settings.setValue( "/qgis/digitizing/line_width", mLineWidthSpinBox->value() );
   QColor digitizingColor = mLineColourToolButton->color();
diff --git a/src/ui/qgsoptionsbase.ui b/src/ui/qgsoptionsbase.ui
index 7ebb7c372739..3718db227b5f 100644
--- a/src/ui/qgsoptionsbase.ui
+++ b/src/ui/qgsoptionsbase.ui
@@ -352,13 +352,6 @@
             </property>
            </widget>
           </item>
-          <item>
-           <widget class="QCheckBox" name="cbxSplitterRedraw" >
-            <property name="text" >
-             <string>Continuously redraw the map when dragging the legend/map divider</string>
-            </property>
-           </widget>
-          </item>
          </layout>
         </widget>
        </item>