diff --git a/hugolib/config.go b/hugolib/config.go
index 17673453e..d0d34ac55 100644
--- a/hugolib/config.go
+++ b/hugolib/config.go
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@ func loadDefaultSettings() {
 	viper.SetDefault("EnableEmoji", false)
 	viper.SetDefault("PygmentsCodeFencesGuessSyntax", false)
 	viper.SetDefault("UseModTimeAsFallback", false)
-	viper.SetDefault("Multilingual", false)
 	viper.SetDefault("DefaultContentLanguage", "en")
 	viper.SetDefault("DefaultContentLanguageInSubdir", false)
 }