diff --git a/lib/cron_init.php b/lib/cron_init.php
index 08eb35c9..ab0f3945 100644
--- a/lib/cron_init.php
+++ b/lib/cron_init.php
@@ -128,18 +128,6 @@ try {
 
 fwrite($debugHandler, 'Database-connection established' . "\n");
 
-// TODO remove when fully migrated to new Settings class
-$result_stmt = Database::query("
-	SELECT `settingid`, `settinggroup`, `varname`, `value`
-	FROM `" . TABLE_PANEL_SETTINGS . "`
-");
-while ($row = $result_stmt->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC)) {
-	$settings[$row['settinggroup']][$row['varname']] = $row['value'];
-}
-
-unset($row);
-fwrite($debugHandler, 'Froxlor settings have been loaded from the database' . "\n");
-
 /**
  * if using fcgid or fpm for froxlor-vhost itself, we have to check
  * whether the permission of the files are still correct
diff --git a/lib/init.php b/lib/init.php
index 74124bd2..26f95d41 100644
--- a/lib/init.php
+++ b/lib/init.php
@@ -144,13 +144,6 @@ if (get_magic_quotes_gpc()) {
 	unset($in);
 }
 
-/**
- * Selects settings from MySQL-Table
- * TODO remove when completely migrated to new Settings class
- */
-$settings_data = loadConfigArrayDir('actions/admin/settings/');
-$settings = loadSettings($settings_data);
-
 /**
  * SESSION MANAGEMENT
  */