diff --git a/src/config.cc b/src/config.cc
index 20cb9505..d599725a 100644
--- a/src/config.cc
+++ b/src/config.cc
@@ -1098,10 +1098,6 @@ Class load()
       if ( !fts.namedItem( "enabled" ).isNull() )
         c.preferences.fts.enabled = ( fts.namedItem( "enabled" ).toElement().text() == "1" );
 
-      if ( !fts.namedItem( "enablePosition" ).isNull() ) {
-        c.preferences.fts.enablePosition = ( fts.namedItem( "enablePosition" ).toElement().text() == "1" );
-      }
-
       if ( !fts.namedItem( "maxDictionarySize" ).isNull() )
         c.preferences.fts.maxDictionarySize = fts.namedItem( "maxDictionarySize" ).toElement().text().toUInt();
 
@@ -2088,10 +2084,6 @@ void save( Class const & c )
       opt.appendChild( dd.createTextNode( c.preferences.fts.enabled ? "1" : "0" ) );
       hd.appendChild( opt );
 
-      opt = dd.createElement( "enablePosition" );
-      opt.appendChild( dd.createTextNode( c.preferences.fts.enablePosition ? "1" : "0" ) );
-      hd.appendChild( opt );
-
       opt = dd.createElement( "maxDictionarySize" );
       opt.appendChild( dd.createTextNode( QString::number( c.preferences.fts.maxDictionarySize ) ) );
       hd.appendChild( opt );
diff --git a/src/config.hh b/src/config.hh
index 18652990..6960277e 100644
--- a/src/config.hh
+++ b/src/config.hh
@@ -196,8 +196,6 @@ struct FullTextSearch
   int searchMode;
   bool enabled;
 
-  bool enablePosition = false;
-
   quint32 maxDictionarySize;
   quint32 parallelThreads = QThread::idealThreadCount() / 3 + 1;
   QByteArray dialogGeometry;
diff --git a/src/ui/preferences.cc b/src/ui/preferences.cc
index 0af16b0f..59d0a327 100644
--- a/src/ui/preferences.cc
+++ b/src/ui/preferences.cc
@@ -351,8 +351,6 @@ Preferences::Preferences( QWidget * parent, Config::Class & cfg_ ):
   ui.allowEpwing->setChecked( !p.fts.disabledTypes.contains( "EPWING", Qt::CaseInsensitive ) );
   ui.allowGls->setChecked( !p.fts.disabledTypes.contains( "GLS", Qt::CaseInsensitive ) );
 
-  ui.enablePosition->setChecked( p.fts.enablePosition );
-  ui.enablePosition->hide();
 #ifndef MAKE_ZIM_SUPPORT
   ui.allowZim->hide();
 #endif
@@ -495,7 +493,6 @@ Config::Preferences Preferences::getPreferences()
   p.fts.enabled           = ui.ftsGroupBox->isChecked();
   p.fts.maxDictionarySize = ui.maxDictionarySize->value();
   p.fts.parallelThreads   = ui.parallelThreads->value();
-  p.fts.enablePosition    = ui.enablePosition->isChecked();
 
   buildDisabledTypes( p.fts.disabledTypes, ui.allowAard->isChecked(), "AARD" );
   buildDisabledTypes( p.fts.disabledTypes, ui.allowBGL->isChecked(), "BGL" );
diff --git a/src/ui/preferences.ui b/src/ui/preferences.ui
index 3456ea44..3a4c799d 100644
--- a/src/ui/preferences.ui
+++ b/src/ui/preferences.ui
@@ -1377,16 +1377,6 @@ download page.</string>
             </property>
            </widget>
           </item>
-          <item row="7" column="0" colspan="2">
-           <widget class="QCheckBox" name="enablePosition">
-            <property name="toolTip">
-             <string>Positional information is required to use Xapian's phrase searching and NEAR operator, but the database size will be much bigger. Applies only to new incoming dictionaries.</string>
-            </property>
-            <property name="text">
-             <string>Enable index with positional information</string>
-            </property>
-           </widget>
-          </item>
           <item row="1" column="0">
            <widget class="QCheckBox" name="allowBGL">
             <property name="text">