diff --git a/preferences.xml b/preferences.xml
index d9f32c1b6..acf24801a 100644
--- a/preferences.xml
+++ b/preferences.xml
@@ -133,7 +133,6 @@ Started September 2000 by David Megginson, david@megginson.com
     <enabled type="bool" userarchive="y">false</enabled>
     <rate-m-g>0.005</rate-m-g>
    </headshake>
-   <div style="background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); opacity: 0.8; width: 1665px; height: 1294px;" id="jquery-overlay"></div>
    <crop-shader userarchive="y">0</crop-shader>
    <landmass-shader userarchive="y">0</landmass-shader>
    <water-shader userarchive="y">0</water-shader>