diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Api/StartupWizardService.cs b/MediaBrowser.Api/StartupWizardService.cs
index 6556807c4d..06db1de745 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Api/StartupWizardService.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Api/StartupWizardService.cs
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api
             _config.Configuration.EnableLocalizedGuids = true;
             _config.Configuration.EnableCustomPathSubFolders = true;
             _config.Configuration.EnableDateLastRefresh = true;
-            _config.Configuration.MergeMetadataAndImagesByName = true;
             _config.SaveConfiguration();
         }
 
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Model/Configuration/ServerConfiguration.cs b/MediaBrowser.Model/Configuration/ServerConfiguration.cs
index 0b472ec223..3cb543e5d5 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Model/Configuration/ServerConfiguration.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Model/Configuration/ServerConfiguration.cs
@@ -161,8 +161,6 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Model.Configuration
         /// </summary>
         /// <value>The dashboard source path.</value>
         public string DashboardSourcePath { get; set; }
-
-        public bool MergeMetadataAndImagesByName { get; set; }
         
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets the image saving convention.
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/Configuration/ServerConfigurationManager.cs b/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/Configuration/ServerConfigurationManager.cs
index 8e934f348e..1a5c35df83 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/Configuration/ServerConfigurationManager.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/Configuration/ServerConfigurationManager.cs
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations.Configuration
         public ServerConfigurationManager(IApplicationPaths applicationPaths, ILogManager logManager, IXmlSerializer xmlSerializer, IFileSystem fileSystem)
             : base(applicationPaths, logManager, xmlSerializer, fileSystem)
         {
-            UpdateItemsByNamePath();
             UpdateMetadataPath();
         }
 
@@ -73,7 +72,6 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations.Configuration
         /// </summary>
         protected override void OnConfigurationUpdated()
         {
-            UpdateItemsByNamePath();
             UpdateMetadataPath();
 
             base.OnConfigurationUpdated();
@@ -86,19 +84,6 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations.Configuration
             UpdateTranscodingTempPath();
         }
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Updates the items by name path.
-        /// </summary>
-        private void UpdateItemsByNamePath()
-        {
-            if (!Configuration.MergeMetadataAndImagesByName)
-            {
-                ((ServerApplicationPaths)ApplicationPaths).ItemsByNamePath = string.IsNullOrEmpty(Configuration.ItemsByNamePath) ?
-                    null :
-                    Configuration.ItemsByNamePath;
-            }
-        }
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Updates the metadata path.
         /// </summary>