diff --git a/preferences.xml b/preferences.xml
index 313e0ea76..8be5d0267 100644
--- a/preferences.xml
+++ b/preferences.xml
@@ -379,11 +379,6 @@ Started September 2000 by David Megginson, david@megginson.com
    <current-style type="int" userarchive="y">0</current-style>
    <style n="0" include="gui/styles/default.xml"/>
    <style n="1" include="gui/styles/anthrax.xml"/>
-   <dialogs>
-    <property-browser>
-     <show-flags type="bool">false</show-flags>
-    </property-browser>
-   </dialogs>
   </gui>
 
   <mouse>