diff --git a/app/loader.php b/app/loader.php
index dbe1f55..d6e10c0 100644
--- a/app/loader.php
+++ b/app/loader.php
@@ -110,10 +110,6 @@ define('CHV_PATH_CONTENT_IMAGES_SYSTEM', CHV_PATH_CONTENT . 'images/system/');
 define('CHV_PATH_CONTENT_IMAGES_USERS', CHV_PATH_CONTENT . 'images/users/');
 define('CHV_PATH_CONTENT_PAGES', CHV_PATH_CONTENT . 'pages/');
 define('CHV_PATH_PEAFOWL', G_ROOT_LIB_PATH . 'Peafowl/');
-
-// subdomain wildcards here
-$hostnameSetting = G\get_app_setting('hostname') ?: Settings::get('hostname') ?: G\get_domain(G_HTTP_HOST);
-
 define('CHV_ROOT_URL', G_ROOT_URL);
 define('CHV_HTTP_HOST', G_HTTP_HOST);
 define('CHV_ROOT_URL_STATIC', defined('CHV_ROOT_CDN_URL') ? CHV_ROOT_CDN_URL : G_ROOT_URL);
diff --git a/app/themes/Peafowl/views/dashboard.php b/app/themes/Peafowl/views/dashboard.php
index 95b1339..f8c7f2b 100644
--- a/app/themes/Peafowl/views/dashboard.php
+++ b/app/themes/Peafowl/views/dashboard.php
@@ -2382,15 +2382,6 @@ function free_version_warning($wrap=true)
 				<div class="input-below input-warning red-warning"><?php echo get_input_errors()['route_album']; ?></div>
 				<div class="input-below"><?php _se('Routing for %s', G\get_base_url('album/&lt;id&gt;')); ?></div>
 			</div>
-			<hr class="line-separator">
-			<div class="input-label">
-				<label for="hostname"><?php _se('Hostname'); ?></label>
-				<div class="c9 phablet-c1">
-					<input type="text" name="hostname" id="hostname" class="text-input" value="<?php echo CHV\Settings::get('hostname', true); ?>" pattern="^(?!:\/\/)([a-zA-Z0-9-_]+\.)*[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9-_]+\.[a-zA-Z]{2,11}?$" placeholder="<?php echo G\get_domain(G_HTTP_HOST); ?>">
-				</div>
-				<div class="input-below input-warning red-warning"><?php echo get_input_errors()['hostname']; ?></div>
-				<div class="input-below"><?php _se('Hostname on which sub-domain wildcards will be added.'); ?> <?php _se('This setting may be overridden by %s.', '<code>app/settings.php</code>'); ?></div>
-			</div>
 			<?php
                         } ?>