diff --git a/config.php-dist b/config.php-dist
index 8601f5628..9060ccaaf 100644
--- a/config.php-dist
+++ b/config.php-dist
@@ -34,30 +34,6 @@
 	define('SINGLE_USER_MODE', true);
 	// Operate in single user mode, disables all functionality related to
 	// multiple users.
-
-	define('DAEMON_REFRESH_ONLY', false);
-	// updates to all feeds will only run when the backend script is
-	// invoked with a "daemon" option on the URI stem. This is useful when you
-	// are hosting multi-user system and want to control how often 
-	// feeds are being updated.
-	
-	// An example wget command line below will invoke an update every 30 
-	// minutes, with output being sent to /dev/null and the timeout set to 
-	// 10 minutes so that wget does not time out. Substitute your site name
-	// and tt-rss path as necessary.
-	//
-	// */30 * * * * /usr/bin/wget -O /dev/null -T 600 "http://www.your-site.xxx/tt-rss/backend.php?op=globalUpdateFeeds&daemon=1"
-	//
-
-	// The alternative approach is to run update_feeds.php from your crontab
-	// with command line PHP interpreter. Don't forget to chdir() into TT-RSS
-	// directory or it won't be able to find includes. E.g.
-	//
-	// */30 * * * * cd $TTRSS_DIRECTORY && ./update_feeds.php >/dev/null 2>&1
-
-	// Another alternative approach is to run update_daemon.php in the background
-	// on the server, which allows user-scheduled updates and continous
-	// feed updating in the background. This is the recommended way at the moment.
 	
 	define('SMART_RPC_COUNTERS', false);
 	// If enabled, stores feed counter information on the server side and sends
diff --git a/functions.php b/functions.php
index 116082988..430525754 100644
--- a/functions.php
+++ b/functions.php
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@
 
 	function update_rss_feed($link, $feed_url, $feed, $ignore_daemon = false) {
 
-		if (DAEMON_REFRESH_ONLY && !$_GET["daemon"] && !$ignore_daemon) {
+		if (!$_GET["daemon"] && !$ignore_daemon) {
 			return;			
 		}
 
@@ -2657,7 +2657,7 @@
 
 		print "<param key=\"daemon_enabled\" value=\"" . ENABLE_UPDATE_DAEMON . "\"/>";
 		print "<param key=\"feeds_frame_refresh\" value=\"" . FEEDS_FRAME_REFRESH . "\"/>";
-		print "<param key=\"daemon_refresh_only\" value=\"" . DAEMON_REFRESH_ONLY . "\"/>";
+		print "<param key=\"daemon_refresh_only\" value=\"true\"/>";
 
 		print "<param key=\"on_catchup_show_next_feed\" value=\"" . 
 			get_pref($link, "ON_CATCHUP_SHOW_NEXT_FEED") . "\"/>";
diff --git a/sanity_check.php b/sanity_check.php
index 94bf91b28..a4f5c05c4 100644
--- a/sanity_check.php
+++ b/sanity_check.php
@@ -74,6 +74,11 @@
 		$err_msg = __("config: option COUNTERS_MAX_AGE expected, but not defined");
 	}
 
+	if (defined('DAEMON_REFRESH_ONLY') && DAEMON_REFRESH_ONLY != true) {
+		$err_msg = __("config: option DAEMON_REFRESH_ONLY is obsolete. Please remove this option and read about other ways to update feeds on the <a href='http://tt-rss.spb.ru/trac/wiki/UpdatingFeeds'>wiki</a>.");
+
+	}
+
 	if ($err_msg) {
 		print "<b>".__("Fatal Error")."</b>: $err_msg\n";
 		exit;
diff --git a/tt-rss.php b/tt-rss.php
index ac75c1f90..4575b0983 100644
--- a/tt-rss.php
+++ b/tt-rss.php
@@ -139,9 +139,6 @@ window.onload = init;
 					<!-- <option>Edit this feed</option> -->
 					<option disabled>--------</option>
 					<option style="color : #5050aa" disabled><?php echo __('All feeds:') ?></option>
-					<?php if (!ENABLE_UPDATE_DAEMON && !DAEMON_REFRESH_ONLY) { ?>
-					<option value="qmcUpdateFeeds"><?php echo __('&nbsp;&nbsp;Update') ?></option>
-					<?php } ?>
 					<option value="qmcCatchupAll"><?php echo __('&nbsp;&nbsp;Mark as read') ?></option>
 					<option value="qmcShowOnlyUnread"><?php echo __('&nbsp;&nbsp;(Un)hide read feeds') ?></option>
 					<option disabled>--------</option>