diff --git a/midori/midori-browser.c b/midori/midori-browser.c
index c2e2934b..4399236e 100644
--- a/midori/midori-browser.c
+++ b/midori/midori-browser.c
@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@ struct _MidoriBrowser
 
     gboolean show_navigationbar;
     gboolean show_statusbar;
-    gboolean speed_dial_in_new_tabs;
     guint maximum_history_age;
     gchar* location_entry_search;
     gchar* news_aggregator;
@@ -300,7 +299,7 @@ _midori_browser_update_interface (MidoriBrowser* browser)
         midori_view_get_next_page (view) != NULL);
 
     gtk_action_set_visible (_action_by_name (browser, "AddSpeedDial"),
-        browser->speed_dial_in_new_tabs && !midori_view_is_blank (view));
+        !midori_view_is_blank (view));
     /* Currently views that don't support source, don't support
        saving either. If that changes, we need to think of something. */
     _action_set_sensitive (browser, "SaveAs", midori_view_can_view_source (view));
@@ -6172,7 +6171,6 @@ _midori_browser_update_settings (MidoriBrowser* browser)
                   "show-bookmarkbar", &show_bookmarkbar,
                   "show-panel", &show_panel,
                   "show-statusbar", &browser->show_statusbar,
-                  "speed-dial-in-new-tabs", &browser->speed_dial_in_new_tabs,
                   "toolbar-style", &toolbar_style,
                   "toolbar-items", &toolbar_items,
                   "last-web-search", &last_web_search,
@@ -6306,8 +6304,6 @@ midori_browser_settings_notify (MidoriWebSettings* web_settings,
         browser->show_navigationbar = g_value_get_boolean (&value);
     else if (name == g_intern_string ("show-statusbar"))
         browser->show_statusbar = g_value_get_boolean (&value);
-    else if (name == g_intern_string ("speed-dial-in-new-tabs"))
-        browser->speed_dial_in_new_tabs = g_value_get_boolean (&value);
     else if (name == g_intern_string ("search-engines-in-completion"))
     {
         if (g_value_get_boolean (&value))
diff --git a/midori/midori-preferences.c b/midori/midori-preferences.c
index 991befbe..4837e815 100644
--- a/midori/midori-preferences.c
+++ b/midori/midori-preferences.c
@@ -357,8 +357,6 @@ midori_preferences_set_settings (MidoriPreferences* preferences,
     }
     button = katze_property_proxy (settings, "show-crash-dialog", NULL);
     INDENTED_ADD (button);
-    button = katze_property_proxy (settings, "speed-dial-in-new-tabs", NULL);
-    SPANNED_ADD (button);
     FRAME_NEW (_("Transfers"));
     #if !HAVE_HILDON
     label = katze_property_label (settings, "download-folder");
diff --git a/midori/midori-view.c b/midori/midori-view.c
index 238ca976..c3a903f1 100644
--- a/midori/midori-view.c
+++ b/midori/midori-view.c
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ struct _MidoriView
     GtkWidget* thumb_view;
     KatzeArray* news_feeds;
 
-    gboolean speed_dial_in_new_tabs;
     gchar* download_manager;
     gchar* news_aggregator;
     gboolean middle_click_opens_selection;
@@ -2713,7 +2712,7 @@ midori_view_populate_popup (MidoriView* view,
                 gtk_action_group_get_action (actions, "BookmarkAdd"));
         gtk_menu_shell_append (menu_shell, menuitem);
 
-        if (view->speed_dial_in_new_tabs && !midori_view_is_blank (view)
+        if (!midori_view_is_blank (view)
          && strcmp ("/", sokoke_set_config_dir (NULL)))
         {
             menuitem = sokoke_action_create_popup_menu_item (
@@ -3362,7 +3361,6 @@ _midori_view_set_settings (MidoriView*        view,
     g_free (view->news_aggregator);
 
     g_object_get (view->settings,
-        "speed-dial-in-new-tabs", &view->speed_dial_in_new_tabs,
         "download-manager", &view->download_manager,
         "news-aggregator", &view->news_aggregator,
         "zoom-text-and-images", &zoom_text_and_images,
@@ -3420,9 +3418,7 @@ midori_view_settings_notify_cb (MidoriWebSettings* settings,
     g_value_init (&value, pspec->value_type);
     g_object_get_property (G_OBJECT (view->settings), name, &value);
 
-    if (name == g_intern_string ("speed-dial-in-new-tabs"))
-        view->speed_dial_in_new_tabs = g_value_get_boolean (&value);
-    else if (name == g_intern_string ("download-manager"))
+    if (name == g_intern_string ("download-manager"))
         katze_assign (view->download_manager, g_value_dup_string (&value));
     else if (name == g_intern_string ("news-aggregator"))
         katze_assign (view->news_aggregator, g_value_dup_string (&value));
@@ -3900,7 +3896,7 @@ midori_view_set_uri (MidoriView*  view,
 
     if (g_getenv ("MIDORI_UNARMED") == NULL)
     {
-        if (view->speed_dial_in_new_tabs && !strcmp (uri, ""))
+        if (!strcmp (uri, ""))
         {
             #if !WEBKIT_CHECK_VERSION (1, 1, 14)
             SoupServer* res_server;
diff --git a/midori/midori-websettings.c b/midori/midori-websettings.c
index 4e5ee10e..6994452d 100644
--- a/midori/midori-websettings.c
+++ b/midori/midori-websettings.c
@@ -636,6 +636,8 @@ midori_web_settings_class_init (MidoriWebSettingsClass* class)
     * Show spee dial in newly opened tabs.
     *
     * Since: 0.1.7
+    *
+    * Deprecated: 0.3.4
     */
     g_object_class_install_property (gobject_class,
                                      PROP_SPEED_DIAL_IN_NEW_TABS,