diff --git a/classes/pref/prefs.php b/classes/pref/prefs.php
index da11f55e1..096260bfb 100644
--- a/classes/pref/prefs.php
+++ b/classes/pref/prefs.php
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ class Pref_Prefs extends Handler_Protected {
 
 		$this->pref_help = array(
 			"ALLOW_DUPLICATE_POSTS" => array(__("Allow duplicate articles"), ""),
-			"AUTO_ASSIGN_LABELS" => array(__("Assign articles to labels automatically"), ""),
 			"BLACKLISTED_TAGS" => array(__("Blacklisted tags"), __("When auto-detecting tags in articles these tags will not be applied (comma-separated list).")),
 			"CDM_AUTO_CATCHUP" => array(__("Automatically mark articles as read"), __("This option enables marking articles as read automatically while you scroll article list.")),
 			"CDM_EXPANDED" => array(__("Automatically expand articles in combined mode"), ""),
diff --git a/include/rssfuncs.php b/include/rssfuncs.php
index 9d3d89c7f..f80bcbb2b 100644
--- a/include/rssfuncs.php
+++ b/include/rssfuncs.php
@@ -1091,20 +1091,6 @@
 					db_query("COMMIT");
 				}
 
-				if (get_pref("AUTO_ASSIGN_LABELS", $owner_uid, false)) {
-					_debug("auto-assigning labels...", $debug_enabled);
-
-					foreach ($labels as $label) {
-						$caption = preg_quote($label["caption"]);
-
-						if ($caption && preg_match("/\b$caption\b/i", "$tags_str " . strip_tags($entry_content) . " $entry_title")) {
-							if (!labels_contains_caption($article_labels, $caption)) {
-								label_add_article($entry_ref_id, $caption, $owner_uid);
-							}
-						}
-					}
-				}
-
 				_debug("article processed", $debug_enabled);
 			}