diff --git a/indra/newview/app_settings/settings.xml b/indra/newview/app_settings/settings.xml
index a00aa86d78..39724e20cc 100644
--- a/indra/newview/app_settings/settings.xml
+++ b/indra/newview/app_settings/settings.xml
@@ -812,17 +812,6 @@
       <key>Value</key>
       <integer>0</integer>
     </map>
-    <key>FramePerSecondLimit</key>
-    <map>
-      <key>Comment</key>
-      <string>Controls upper limit of frames per second</string>
-      <key>Persist</key>
-      <integer>1</integer>
-      <key>Type</key>
-      <string>U32</string>
-      <key>Value</key>
-      <integer>120</integer>
-    </map>
     <key>BackgroundYieldTime</key>
     <map>
       <key>Comment</key>
diff --git a/indra/newview/llappviewer.cpp b/indra/newview/llappviewer.cpp
index 780dd62d5b..84c69ed941 100644
--- a/indra/newview/llappviewer.cpp
+++ b/indra/newview/llappviewer.cpp
@@ -689,8 +689,7 @@ LLAppViewer::LLAppViewer()
 	mPeriodicSlowFrame(LLCachedControl<bool>(gSavedSettings,"Periodic Slow Frame", FALSE)),
 	mFastTimerLogThread(NULL),
 	mSettingsLocationList(NULL),
-	mIsFirstRun(false),
-	mMinMicroSecPerFrame(0.f)
+	mIsFirstRun(false)
 {
 	if(NULL != sInstance)
 	{
@@ -1259,10 +1258,6 @@ bool LLAppViewer::init()
 
 	joystick = LLViewerJoystick::getInstance();
 	joystick->setNeedsReset(true);
-	/*----------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-
-	gSavedSettings.getControl("FramePerSecondLimit")->getSignal()->connect(boost::bind(&LLAppViewer::onChangeFrameLimit, this, _2));
-	onChangeFrameLimit(gSavedSettings.getLLSD("FramePerSecondLimit"));
 
 	return true;
 }
@@ -5419,19 +5414,6 @@ void LLAppViewer::disconnectViewer()
 	LLUrlEntryParcel::setDisconnected(gDisconnected);
 }
 
-bool LLAppViewer::onChangeFrameLimit(LLSD const & evt)
-{
-	if (evt.asInteger() > 0)
-	{
-		mMinMicroSecPerFrame = (U64)(1000000.0f / F32(evt.asInteger()));
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		mMinMicroSecPerFrame = 0;
-	}
-	return false;
-}
-
 void LLAppViewer::forceErrorLLError()
 {
    	LL_ERRS() << "This is a deliberate llerror" << LL_ENDL;
diff --git a/indra/newview/llappviewer.h b/indra/newview/llappviewer.h
index e8b3464c6e..8f0f54de3b 100644
--- a/indra/newview/llappviewer.h
+++ b/indra/newview/llappviewer.h
@@ -255,8 +255,6 @@ private:
     void sendLogoutRequest();
     void disconnectViewer();
 
-	bool onChangeFrameLimit(LLSD const & evt);
-
 	// *FIX: the app viewer class should be some sort of singleton, no?
 	// Perhaps its child class is the singleton and this should be an abstract base.
 	static LLAppViewer* sInstance; 
@@ -313,10 +311,7 @@ private:
 	// llcorehttp library init/shutdown helper
 	LLAppCoreHttp mAppCoreHttp;
 
-        bool mIsFirstRun;
-	U64 mMinMicroSecPerFrame; // frame throttling
-
-
+    bool mIsFirstRun;
 };
 
 // consts from viewer.h