diff --git a/config/ejabberd.exs b/config/ejabberd.exs
index 85c738ff0..7e1b99016 100644
--- a/config/ejabberd.exs
+++ b/config/ejabberd.exs
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ defmodule Ejabberd.ConfigFile do
     @opts [
       port: 5280,
       web_admin: true,
-      http_poll: true,
       http_bind: true,
       captcha: true]
   end
diff --git a/config/ejabberd.yml b/config/ejabberd.yml
index 523c75ab5..d49377128 100644
--- a/config/ejabberd.yml
+++ b/config/ejabberd.yml
@@ -164,7 +164,6 @@ listen:
     ## request_handlers:
     ##   "/pub/archive": mod_http_fileserver
     web_admin: true
-    http_poll: true
     http_bind: true
     ## register: true
     captcha: true