diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Model/Configuration/ServerConfiguration.cs b/MediaBrowser.Model/Configuration/ServerConfiguration.cs
index 7208ccb1d9..3aea370c8c 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Model/Configuration/ServerConfiguration.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Model/Configuration/ServerConfiguration.cs
@@ -180,9 +180,6 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Model.Configuration
         /// <value>The dashboard source path.</value>
         public string DashboardSourcePath { get; set; }
 
-        public bool MergeMetadataAndImagesByName { get; set; }
-        public bool EnableStandaloneMetadata { get; set; }
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets the image saving convention.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/Configuration/ServerConfigurationManager.cs b/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/Configuration/ServerConfigurationManager.cs
index a7d3854e71..6b668da47b 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/Configuration/ServerConfigurationManager.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/Configuration/ServerConfigurationManager.cs
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations.Configuration
         public ServerConfigurationManager(IApplicationPaths applicationPaths, ILogManager logManager, IXmlSerializer xmlSerializer, IFileSystem fileSystem)
             : base(applicationPaths, logManager, xmlSerializer, fileSystem)
         {
-            UpdateItemsByNamePath();
             UpdateMetadataPath();
         }
 
@@ -73,7 +72,6 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations.Configuration
         /// </summary>
         protected override void OnConfigurationUpdated()
         {
-            UpdateItemsByNamePath();
             UpdateMetadataPath();
 
             base.OnConfigurationUpdated();
@@ -86,19 +84,6 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations.Configuration
             UpdateTranscodingTempPath();
         }
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Updates the items by name path.
-        /// </summary>
-        private void UpdateItemsByNamePath()
-        {
-            if (!Configuration.MergeMetadataAndImagesByName)
-            {
-                ((ServerApplicationPaths)ApplicationPaths).ItemsByNamePath = string.IsNullOrEmpty(Configuration.ItemsByNamePath) ?
-                    null :
-                    Configuration.ItemsByNamePath;
-            }
-        }
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Updates the metadata path.
         /// </summary>
@@ -121,20 +106,12 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations.Configuration
 
             ((ServerApplicationPaths)ApplicationPaths).InternalMetadataPath = metadataPath;
 
-            if (Configuration.MergeMetadataAndImagesByName)
-            {
-                ((ServerApplicationPaths)ApplicationPaths).ItemsByNamePath = ((ServerApplicationPaths)ApplicationPaths).InternalMetadataPath;
-            }
+            ((ServerApplicationPaths)ApplicationPaths).ItemsByNamePath = ((ServerApplicationPaths)ApplicationPaths).InternalMetadataPath;
         }
 
         private string GetInternalMetadataPath()
         {
-            if (Configuration.EnableStandaloneMetadata)
-            {
-                return Path.Combine(ApplicationPaths.ProgramDataPath, "metadata");
-            }
-
-            return null;
+            return Path.Combine(ApplicationPaths.ProgramDataPath, "metadata");
         }
 
         /// <summary>