diff --git a/src/MainWindow.cpp b/src/MainWindow.cpp
index 2fdfade0..b29892d1 100644
--- a/src/MainWindow.cpp
+++ b/src/MainWindow.cpp
@@ -959,7 +959,6 @@ void MainWindow::openPreferences()
     PreferencesDialog dialog(this);
     if(dialog.exec())
     {
-        db.setDefaultNewData(PreferencesDialog::getSettingsValue("db", "defaultnewdata").toString());
         resetBrowser();
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/PreferencesDialog.cpp b/src/PreferencesDialog.cpp
index d1c38015..9858ca2b 100644
--- a/src/PreferencesDialog.cpp
+++ b/src/PreferencesDialog.cpp
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ void PreferencesDialog::chooseLocation()
 void PreferencesDialog::loadSettings()
 {
     ui->encodingComboBox->setCurrentIndex(ui->encodingComboBox->findText(getSettingsValue("db", "defaultencoding").toString(), Qt::MatchFixedString));
-    ui->defaultdataComboBox->setCurrentIndex(ui->defaultdataComboBox->findText(getSettingsValue("db", "defaultnewdata").toString(), Qt::MatchFixedString));
     ui->locationEdit->setText(getSettingsValue("db", "defaultlocation").toString());
     ui->foreignKeysCheckBox->setChecked(getSettingsValue("db", "foreignkeys").toBool());
 }
@@ -47,7 +46,6 @@ void PreferencesDialog::loadSettings()
 void PreferencesDialog::saveSettings()
 {
     setSettingsValue("db", "defaultencoding", ui->encodingComboBox->currentText());
-    setSettingsValue("db", "defaultnewdata", ui->defaultdataComboBox->currentText());
     setSettingsValue("db", "defaultlocation", ui->locationEdit->text());
     setSettingsValue("db", "foreignkeys", ui->foreignKeysCheckBox->isChecked());
     accept();
@@ -89,10 +87,6 @@ QVariant PreferencesDialog::getSettingsDefaultValue(const QString& group, const
     if(group == "db" && name == "defaultencoding")
         return "UTF-8";
 
-    // db/defaultnewdata?
-    if(group == "db" && name == "defaultnewdata")
-        return "NULL";
-
     // db/defaultlocation?
     if(group == "db" && name == "defaultlocation")
         return QDir::homePath();
diff --git a/src/PreferencesDialog.ui b/src/PreferencesDialog.ui
index f3f63e05..bdb42048 100644
--- a/src/PreferencesDialog.ui
+++ b/src/PreferencesDialog.ui
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <x>0</x>
     <y>0</y>
     <width>492</width>
-    <height>147</height>
+    <height>135</height>
    </rect>
   </property>
   <property name="windowTitle">
@@ -47,35 +47,6 @@
       </widget>
      </item>
      <item row="1" column="0">
-      <widget class="QLabel" name="label_2">
-       <property name="text">
-        <string>Default data for new records</string>
-       </property>
-       <property name="buddy">
-        <cstring>defaultdataComboBox</cstring>
-       </property>
-      </widget>
-     </item>
-     <item row="1" column="1">
-      <widget class="QComboBox" name="defaultdataComboBox">
-       <item>
-        <property name="text">
-         <string>NULL</string>
-        </property>
-       </item>
-       <item>
-        <property name="text">
-         <string>0</string>
-        </property>
-       </item>
-       <item>
-        <property name="text">
-         <string>''</string>
-        </property>
-       </item>
-      </widget>
-     </item>
-     <item row="2" column="0">
       <widget class="QLabel" name="label_5">
        <property name="toolTip">
         <string>Open databases with foreign keys enabled.</string>
@@ -88,14 +59,14 @@
        </property>
       </widget>
      </item>
-     <item row="2" column="1">
+     <item row="1" column="1">
       <widget class="QCheckBox" name="foreignKeysCheckBox">
        <property name="text">
         <string>enabled</string>
        </property>
       </widget>
      </item>
-     <item row="3" column="0">
+     <item row="2" column="0">
       <widget class="QLabel" name="label_4">
        <property name="text">
         <string>Default location</string>
@@ -105,7 +76,7 @@
        </property>
       </widget>
      </item>
-     <item row="3" column="1">
+     <item row="2" column="1">
       <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout">
        <item>
         <widget class="QLineEdit" name="locationEdit">
@@ -139,7 +110,6 @@
  </widget>
  <tabstops>
   <tabstop>encodingComboBox</tabstop>
-  <tabstop>defaultdataComboBox</tabstop>
   <tabstop>foreignKeysCheckBox</tabstop>
   <tabstop>locationEdit</tabstop>
   <tabstop>setLocationButton</tabstop>
diff --git a/src/sqlitedb.cpp b/src/sqlitedb.cpp
index 6e4903d9..483597d6 100644
--- a/src/sqlitedb.cpp
+++ b/src/sqlitedb.cpp
@@ -32,11 +32,6 @@ bool DBBrowserDB::getDirty() const
     return dirty;
 }
 
-void DBBrowserDB::setDefaultNewData( const QString & data )
-{
-    curNewData = data;
-}
-
 bool DBBrowserDB::open ( const QString & db)
 {
     bool ok=false;
diff --git a/src/sqlitedb.h b/src/sqlitedb.h
index 960a74c2..80ac6105 100644
--- a/src/sqlitedb.h
+++ b/src/sqlitedb.h
@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ public:
     void setDirty(bool dirtyval);
     bool getDirty() const;
     void logSQL(const QString& statement, int msgtype);
-    void setDefaultNewData( const QString & data );
 
     QString getPragma(const QString& pragma);
     bool setPragma(const QString& pragma, const QString& value);
@@ -142,7 +141,6 @@ public:
     QString curBrowseTableName;
     QString lastErrorMessage;
     QString curDBFilename;
-    QString curNewData;
 
     MainWindow* mainWindow;