diff --git a/GitUI/app.config b/GitUI/app.config
index 33b19cc8baf..70a40237dc9 100644
--- a/GitUI/app.config
+++ b/GitUI/app.config
@@ -4,11 +4,4 @@
 		
 	</configSections>
 	<startup/>
- <userSettings>
-  <GitUI.Properties.Settings>
-   <setting name="Hotkeys" serializeAs="String">
-    <value />
-   </setting>
-  </GitUI.Properties.Settings>
- </userSettings>
 </configuration>