diff --git a/src/gui/gui.h b/src/gui/gui.h
index 667a6425b..c10aea384 100644
--- a/src/gui/gui.h
+++ b/src/gui/gui.h
@@ -888,7 +888,6 @@ class FurnaceGUI {
     int eventDelay;
     int moveWindowTitle;
     int hiddenSystems;
-    int insLoadAlwaysReplace;
     int horizontalDataView;
     int noMultiSystem;
     unsigned int maxUndoSteps;
@@ -973,7 +972,6 @@ class FurnaceGUI {
       eventDelay(0),
       moveWindowTitle(0),
       hiddenSystems(0),
-      insLoadAlwaysReplace(1),
       horizontalDataView(0),
       noMultiSystem(0),
       maxUndoSteps(100),
diff --git a/src/gui/settings.cpp b/src/gui/settings.cpp
index c575f9625..52d14777a 100644
--- a/src/gui/settings.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/settings.cpp
@@ -419,11 +419,6 @@ void FurnaceGUI::drawSettings() {
             settings.restartOnFlagChange=restartOnFlagChangeB;
           }
 
-          bool insLoadAlwaysReplaceB=settings.insLoadAlwaysReplace;
-          if (ImGui::Checkbox("Always replace currently selected instrument when loading from instrument list",&insLoadAlwaysReplaceB)) {
-            settings.insLoadAlwaysReplace=insLoadAlwaysReplaceB;
-          }
-
           bool sysFileDialogB=settings.sysFileDialog;
           if (ImGui::Checkbox("Use system file picker",&sysFileDialogB)) {
             settings.sysFileDialog=sysFileDialogB;
@@ -1852,7 +1847,6 @@ void FurnaceGUI::syncSettings() {
   settings.eventDelay=e->getConfInt("eventDelay",0);
   settings.moveWindowTitle=e->getConfInt("moveWindowTitle",0);
   settings.hiddenSystems=e->getConfInt("hiddenSystems",0);
-  settings.insLoadAlwaysReplace=e->getConfInt("insLoadAlwaysReplace",1);
   settings.horizontalDataView=e->getConfInt("horizontalDataView",0);
   settings.noMultiSystem=e->getConfInt("noMultiSystem",0);
 
@@ -1925,7 +1919,6 @@ void FurnaceGUI::syncSettings() {
   clampSetting(settings.eventDelay,0,1);
   clampSetting(settings.moveWindowTitle,0,1);
   clampSetting(settings.hiddenSystems,0,1);
-  clampSetting(settings.insLoadAlwaysReplace,0,1);
   clampSetting(settings.horizontalDataView,0,1);
   clampSetting(settings.noMultiSystem,0,1)
 
@@ -2039,7 +2032,6 @@ void FurnaceGUI::commitSettings() {
   e->setConf("moveWindowTitle",settings.moveWindowTitle);
   e->setConf("hiddenSystems",settings.hiddenSystems);
   e->setConf("initialSys",e->encodeSysDesc(settings.initialSys));
-  e->setConf("insLoadAlwaysReplace",settings.insLoadAlwaysReplace);
   e->setConf("horizontalDataView",settings.horizontalDataView);
   e->setConf("noMultiSystem",settings.noMultiSystem);