diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt
index cabce3aa2231be697ac75ede0eb676bc60931eae..184dc270505a125ba1b6b4d33b50939dc3b36461 100644
--- a/README.txt
+++ b/README.txt
@@ -94,12 +94,6 @@ Description: The number of feeds to refresh on cron time.
              If drupal_queue is enabled, the maximum number of feeds to move to
              queue.
 
-Name:        feeds_use_defaults
-Default:     TRUE
-Description: Whether or not to use default content type and importer
-             configurations. Set to FALSE if you would like to use Feeds without
-             any default configurations.
-
 Glossary
 ========
 
diff --git a/feeds.module b/feeds.module
index f7ea8283c82d39fb7ddc900b3731e52ec0ea1c75..a06d00e5161103268b0371c05600f2e1dbd03537 100644
--- a/feeds.module
+++ b/feeds.module
@@ -6,11 +6,6 @@
  * Feeds - basic API functions and hook implementations.
  */
 
-// Include default definitions of content types and importer configurations.
-if (variable_get('feeds_use_defaults', TRUE)) {
-  include(dirname(__FILE__) .'/feeds.defaults.inc');
-}
-
 // Vague request time. Use as common point of reference and to avoid costly
 // calls to time().
 define('FEEDS_REQUEST_TIME', time());