diff --git a/config.php-dist b/config.php-dist
index 3f12ba439..21725abc9 100644
--- a/config.php-dist
+++ b/config.php-dist
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@
 	define('DB_PASS', "XXXXXX");
 	//define('DB_PORT', '5432'); // when neeeded, PG-only
 
-	define('RSS_BACKEND_TYPE', "magpie");
-	// magpie (stable) or simplepie (EXPERIMENTAL!)
-
 	define('MAGPIE_FETCH_TIME_OUT', 60);
 	// Magpie's default timeout is 5 seconds.  Some RSS feeds,
 	// such as from large Trac installs, can take significantly
@@ -21,9 +18,6 @@
 	define('MAGPIE_CACHE_DIR', '/var/tmp/magpie-ttrss-cache');
 	// Local cache directory for RSS feeds
 
-	define('SIMPLEPIE_CACHE_DIR',	'/var/tmp/simplepie-ttrss-cache');
-	// Local cache directory for RSS feeds (simplepie)
-
 	define('WEB_DEMO_MODE', false);
 	// Demo mode with reduced functionality.
 	// Warning: this option is obsolete. Don't rely on it being
diff --git a/functions.php b/functions.php
index e4400cad4..201e290bb 100644
--- a/functions.php
+++ b/functions.php
@@ -12,16 +12,12 @@
 	require_once 'errors.php';
 	require_once 'version.php';
 
-	if (RSS_BACKEND_TYPE == "magpie") {	
-		define('MAGPIE_USER_AGENT_EXT', ' (Tiny Tiny RSS/' . VERSION . ')');
-		require_once "magpierss/rss_fetch.inc";
-		require_once 'magpierss/rss_utils.inc';
-	} else if (RSS_BACKEND_TYPE == "simplepie") {
-		require_once 'simplepie/simplepie.inc';
-	}
-
+	define('MAGPIE_USER_AGENT_EXT', ' (Tiny Tiny RSS/' . VERSION . ')');
 	define('MAGPIE_OUTPUT_ENCODING', 'UTF-8');
 
+	require_once "magpierss/rss_fetch.inc";
+	require_once 'magpierss/rss_utils.inc';
+
 	function purge_feed($link, $feed_id, $purge_interval, $debug = false) {
 
 		$rows = -1;
@@ -336,8 +332,6 @@
 
 	function update_rss_feed($link, $feed_url, $feed, $ignore_daemon = false) {
 
-		if (WEB_DEMO_MODE) return;
-
 		if (DAEMON_REFRESH_ONLY && !$_GET["daemon"] && !$ignore_daemon) {
 			return;			
 		}
@@ -366,31 +360,13 @@
 
 		}
 
-		if (RSS_BACKEND_TYPE == "magpie") {		
-			error_reporting(0);
-			$rss = fetch_rss($fetch_url);
-			error_reporting (DEFAULT_ERROR_LEVEL);
-		} else if (RSS_BACKEND_TYPE == "simplepie") {
-			
-			if (!file_exists(SIMPLEPIE_CACHE_DIR)) {
-					mkdir(SIMPLEPIE_CACHE_DIR);
-			}
-
-			$rss = new SimplePie();
-			$rss->feed_url($fetch_url);
-			$rss->cache_location(SIMPLEPIE_CACHE_DIR);
-			$rss->init();
-		}
+		error_reporting(0);
+		$rss = fetch_rss($fetch_url);
+		error_reporting (DEFAULT_ERROR_LEVEL);
 		
 		$feed = db_escape_string($feed);
 
-		$rss_check = $rss;
-
-		if (RSS_BACKEND_TYPE == "simplepie") {
-			$rss_check = $rss->data;
-		}
-		
-		if ($rss_check) {
+		if ($rss) {
 			
 //			db_query($link, "BEGIN");
 
@@ -409,23 +385,15 @@
 
 			if (!$registered_title || $registered_title == "[Unknown]") {
 			
-				if (RSS_BACKEND_TYPE == "magpie") {				
-					$feed_title = db_escape_string($rss->channel["title"]);
-				} else {
-					$feed_title = $rss->get_feed_title();
-				}
+				$feed_title = db_escape_string($rss->channel["title"]);
 				
 				db_query($link, "UPDATE ttrss_feeds SET 
 					title = '$feed_title' WHERE id = '$feed'");
 			}
 
-			if (RSS_BACKEND_TYPE == "magpie") {				
-				$site_url = $rss->channel["link"];
-				// weird, weird Magpie
-				if (!$site_url) $site_url = db_escape_string($rss->channel["link_"]);
-			} else {
-				$site_url = $rss->get_feed_link();
-			}
+			$site_url = $rss->channel["link"];
+			// weird, weird Magpie
+			if (!$site_url) $site_url = db_escape_string($rss->channel["link_"]);
 
 			if ($site_url && $orig_site_url != db_escape_string($site_url)) {
 				db_query($link, "UPDATE ttrss_feeds SET 
@@ -434,11 +402,7 @@
 
 //			print "I: " . $rss->channel["image"]["url"];
 
-			if (RSS_BACKEND_TYPE == "magpie") {
-				$icon_url = $rss->image["url"];
-			} else {
-				$icon_url = $rss->get_image_url(); # FIXME
-			}
+			$icon_url = $rss->image["url"];
 
 			if ($icon_url && !$orig_icon_url != db_escape_string($icon_url)) {
 				$icon_url = db_escape_string($icon_url);
@@ -469,15 +433,10 @@
 				array_push($filters[$line["name"]], $filter);
 			}
 
-			if (RSS_BACKEND_TYPE == "magpie") {			
-				$iterator = $rss->items;
+			$iterator = $rss->items;
 
-				if (!$iterator || !is_array($iterator)) $iterator = $rss->entries;
-				if (!$iterator || !is_array($iterator)) $iterator = $rss;
-
-			} else {
-				$iterator = $rss->get_items();
-			}
+			if (!$iterator || !is_array($iterator)) $iterator = $rss->entries;
+			if (!$iterator || !is_array($iterator)) $iterator = $rss;
 
 			if (!is_array($iterator)) {
 				/* db_query($link, "UPDATE ttrss_feeds 
diff --git a/sanity_check.php b/sanity_check.php
index fa277f043..fe0d6cad0 100644
--- a/sanity_check.php
+++ b/sanity_check.php
@@ -9,45 +9,16 @@
 
 	require_once "config.php";
 
-	if (CONFIG_VERSION != EXPECTED_CONFIG_VERSION) {
-			print _("<b>Fatal Error</b>: Your configuration file has
-			wrong version. Please copy new options from <b>config.php-dist</b> and
-			update CONFIG_VERSION directive.\n");
-		exit;	
-	}
-
-	if (!defined('RSS_BACKEND_TYPE')) {
-		print _("<b>Fatal error</b>: RSS backend type is not defined
-			(config variable <b>RSS_BACKEND_TYPE</b>) - please check your
-			configuration file.\n");
-		exit;
-	}
-
-	if (RSS_BACKEND_TYPE == "magpie" && !file_exists("magpierss/rss_fetch.inc")) {
-		print _("<b>Fatal Error</b>: You forgot to place 
-		<a href=\"http://magpierss.sourceforge.net\">MagpieRSS</a>
-		distribution in <b>magpierss/</b>
-		subdirectory of TT-RSS tree.\n");
-		exit;
-	}
-
-	if (RSS_BACKEND_TYPE == "simplepie" && !file_exists("simplepie/simplepie.inc")) {
-		print _("<b>Fatal Error</b>: You forgot to place 
-		<a href=\"http://simplepie.org\">SimplePie</a>
-		distribution in <b>simplepie/</b>
-		subdirectory of TT-RSS tree.\n");
-		exit;
-	}
-
-	if (RSS_BACKEND_TYPE != "simplepie" && RSS_BACKEND_TYPE != "magpie") {
-		print _("<b>Fatal Error</b>: Invalid RSS_BACKEND_TYPE\n");
-		exit;
-	}
-
 	if (CONFIG_VERSION != EXPECTED_CONFIG_VERSION) {
 		return _("config: your config file version is incorrect. See config.php-dist.\n");
 	}
 
+	if (defined('RSS_BACKEND_TYPE')) {
+		print _("<b>Fatal error</b>: RSS_BACKEND_TYPE is deprecated. Please remove this
+			option from config.php\n");
+		exit;
+	}
+
 	if (file_exists("xml-export.php") || file_exists("xml-import.php")) {
 		print _("<b>Fatal Error</b>: XML Import/Export tools (<b>xml-export.php</b>
 		and <b>xml-import.php</b>) could be used maliciously. Please remove them 
@@ -55,12 +26,6 @@
 		exit;
 	}
 
-	if (RSS_BACKEND_TYPE != "magpie") {
-		print _("<b>Fatal Error</b>: RSS backends other than magpie are not
-		supported now.\n");
-		exit;
-	}
-
 	if (SINGLE_USER_MODE && DAEMON_UPDATE_LOGIN_LIMIT > 0) {
 		print _("<b>Fatal Error</b>: Please set DAEMON_UPDATE_LOGIN_LIMIT
 			to 0 in single user mode.\n");