diff --git a/interfaces/Config/templates/config.tmpl b/interfaces/Config/templates/config.tmpl
index 58b4069..e6d7623 100644
--- a/interfaces/Config/templates/config.tmpl
+++ b/interfaces/Config/templates/config.tmpl
@@ -24,11 +24,6 @@
         <h5 class="copyright">Copyright &copy; 2008-2013 The SABnzbd Team &lt;<span style="color: #0000ff;">team@sabnzbd.org</span>&gt;</h5>
         <p class="copyright"><small>$T('yourRights')</small></p>
     </div>
-    <!--#if $news_items#-->
-      <div class="padding">
-        <iframe frameborder=0 width=100% src="http://sabnzbdplus.sourceforge.net/version/news.html"></iframe>
-      </div>
-    <!--#end if#-->
 </div>
 
 <!--#include $webdir + "/_inc_footer_uc.tmpl"#-->
diff --git a/sabnzbd/cfg.py b/sabnzbd/cfg.py
index 67fe2c0..85d79ab 100644
--- a/sabnzbd/cfg.py
+++ b/sabnzbd/cfg.py
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ email_dir     = OptionDir('misc', 'email_dir', create=True)
 email_rss     = OptionBool('misc', 'email_rss', False)
 
 version_check = OptionNumber('misc', 'check_new_rel', 1)
-news_items = OptionBool('misc', 'news_items', True)
 autobrowser = OptionBool('misc', 'auto_browser', True)
 replace_illegal = OptionBool('misc', 'replace_illegal', True)
 pre_script = OptionStr('misc', 'pre_script', 'None')
diff --git a/sabnzbd/interface.py b/sabnzbd/interface.py
index bff5f28..39b8361 100644
--- a/sabnzbd/interface.py
+++ b/sabnzbd/interface.py
@@ -1058,7 +1058,6 @@ class ConfigPage(object):
         for svr in config.get_servers():
             new[svr] = {}
         conf['servers'] = new
-        conf['news_items'] = cfg.news_items()
 
         conf['folders'] = sabnzbd.nzbqueue.scan_jobs(all=False, action=False)