diff --git a/src/components/settings/settings.js b/src/components/settings/settings.js
index 8d6a6713..b3bb8290 100644
--- a/src/components/settings/settings.js
+++ b/src/components/settings/settings.js
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ const settings = {
       hideNsfwLocal: this.$store.state.config.hideNsfw,
       muteWordsString: this.$store.state.config.muteWords.join('\n'),
       autoLoadLocal: this.$store.state.config.autoLoad,
-      hoverPreviewLocal: this.$store.state.config.hoverPreview,
-      previewfile: null
+      hoverPreviewLocal: this.$store.state.config.hoverPreview
     }
   },
   components: {
@@ -21,44 +20,6 @@ const settings = {
       return this.$store.state.users.currentUser
     }
   },
-  methods: {
-    uploadAvatar ({target}) {
-      const file = target.files[0]
-      // eslint-disable-next-line no-undef
-      const reader = new FileReader()
-      reader.onload = ({target}) => {
-        const img = target.result
-        this.previewfile = img
-      }
-      reader.readAsDataURL(file)
-    },
-    submitAvatar () {
-      if (!this.previewfile) { return }
-
-      const img = this.previewfile
-      // eslint-disable-next-line no-undef
-      let imginfo = new Image()
-      let cropX, cropY, cropW, cropH
-      imginfo.src = this.previewfile
-      if (imginfo.height > imginfo.width) {
-        cropX = 0
-        cropW = imginfo.width
-        cropY = Math.floor((imginfo.height - imginfo.width) / 2)
-        cropH = imginfo.width
-      } else {
-        cropY = 0
-        cropH = imginfo.height
-        cropX = Math.floor((imginfo.width - imginfo.height) / 2)
-        cropW = imginfo.height
-      }
-      this.$store.state.api.backendInteractor.updateAvatar({params: {img, cropX, cropY, cropW, cropH}}).then((user) => {
-        if (!user.error) {
-          this.$store.commit('addNewUsers', [user])
-          this.$store.commit('setCurrentUser', user)
-        }
-      })
-    }
-  },
   watch: {
     hideAttachmentsLocal (value) {
       this.$store.dispatch('setOption', { name: 'hideAttachments', value })
diff --git a/src/components/settings/settings.vue b/src/components/settings/settings.vue
index 1abb1789..6ff96fec 100644
--- a/src/components/settings/settings.vue
+++ b/src/components/settings/settings.vue
@@ -8,18 +8,6 @@
         <h2>Theme</h2>
         <style-switcher></style-switcher>
       </div>
-      <div class="setting-item" v-if="user">
-        <h2>Avatar</h2>
-        <p>Your current avatar:</p>
-        <img :src="user.profile_image_url_original" class="old-avatar"></img>
-        <p>Set new avatar:</p>
-        <img class="new-avatar" v-bind:src="previewfile" v-if="previewfile">
-        </img>
-        <div>
-          <input name="avatar-upload" id="avatar-upload" type="file" @change="uploadAvatar" ></input>
-        </div>
-        <button class="btn btn-default base05 base01-background" v-if="previewfile" @click="submitAvatar">Submit</button>
-      </div>
       <div class="setting-item">
         <h2>Filtering</h2>
         <p>All notices containing these words will be muted, one per line</p>