diff --git a/src/libslic3r/AppConfig.cpp b/src/libslic3r/AppConfig.cpp
index a5e9444cf6..8b451a64a4 100644
--- a/src/libslic3r/AppConfig.cpp
+++ b/src/libslic3r/AppConfig.cpp
@@ -63,9 +63,6 @@ void AppConfig::reset()
 void AppConfig::set_defaults()
 {
     if (m_mode == EAppMode::Editor) {
-        // Reset the empty fields to defaults.
-        if (get("autocenter").empty())
-            set("autocenter", "0");
         // Disable background processing by default as it is not stable.
         if (get("background_processing").empty())
             set("background_processing", "0");
diff --git a/src/libslic3r/PresetBundle.cpp b/src/libslic3r/PresetBundle.cpp
index 04e1683023..9f8bf879f8 100644
--- a/src/libslic3r/PresetBundle.cpp
+++ b/src/libslic3r/PresetBundle.cpp
@@ -1533,12 +1533,6 @@ std::pair<PresetsConfigSubstitutions, size_t> PresetBundle::load_configbundle(
                 if (dst)
                     unescape_strings_cstyle(kvp.second.data(), *dst);
             }
-        } else if (section.first == "settings") {
-            // Load the settings.
-            for (auto &kvp : section.second) {
-                if (kvp.first == "autocenter") {
-                }
-            }
         } else
             // Ignore an unknown section.
             continue;
@@ -2045,13 +2039,6 @@ void PresetBundle::export_configbundle(const std::string &path, bool export_syst
 
     if (export_physical_printers && this->physical_printers.get_selected_idx() >= 0)
         c << "physical_printer = " << this->physical_printers.get_selected_printer_name() << std::endl;
-#if 0
-    // Export the following setting values from the provided setting repository.
-    static const char *settings_keys[] = { "autocenter" };
-    c << "[settings]" << std::endl;
-    for (size_t i = 0; i < sizeof(settings_keys) / sizeof(settings_keys[0]); ++ i)
-        c << settings_keys[i] << " = " << settings.serialize(settings_keys[i]) << std::endl;
-#endif
 
     c.close();
 }
diff --git a/src/slic3r/GUI/Plater.cpp b/src/slic3r/GUI/Plater.cpp
index cbead96a7b..0cb81d63fb 100644
--- a/src/slic3r/GUI/Plater.cpp
+++ b/src/slic3r/GUI/Plater.cpp
@@ -1090,11 +1090,6 @@ Plater::priv::~priv()
 
 void Plater::priv::update(unsigned int flags)
 {
-    // the following line, when enabled, causes flickering on NVIDIA graphics cards
-//    wxWindowUpdateLocker freeze_guard(q);
-    if (get_config_bool("autocenter"))
-        model.center_instances_around_point(this->bed.build_volume().bed_center());
-
     unsigned int update_status = 0;
     const bool force_background_processing_restart = this->printer_technology == ptSLA || (flags & (unsigned int)UpdateParams::FORCE_BACKGROUND_PROCESSING_UPDATE);
     if (force_background_processing_restart)
@@ -1108,9 +1103,6 @@ void Plater::priv::update(unsigned int flags)
         this->restart_background_process(update_status);
     else
         this->schedule_background_process();
-
-    if (get_config_bool("autocenter") && this->sidebar->obj_manipul()->IsShown())
-        this->sidebar->obj_manipul()->UpdateAndShow(true);
 }
 
 void Plater::priv::select_view(const std::string& direction)
@@ -5526,9 +5518,6 @@ void Plater::increase_instances(size_t num, int obj_idx, int inst_idx)
         model_object->add_instance(trafo);
     }
 
-    if (p->get_config_bool("autocenter"))
-        arrange();
-
     p->update();
 
     p->get_selection().add_instance(obj_idx, (int)model_object->instances.size() - 1);
diff --git a/src/slic3r/GUI/Preferences.cpp b/src/slic3r/GUI/Preferences.cpp
index 0818d816b0..eafaa0b1b4 100644
--- a/src/slic3r/GUI/Preferences.cpp
+++ b/src/slic3r/GUI/Preferences.cpp
@@ -301,11 +301,6 @@ void PreferencesDialog::build()
 			L("If this is enabled, Slic3r will prompt the last output directory instead of the one containing the input files."),
 			app_config->has("remember_output_path") ? app_config->get_bool("remember_output_path") : true);
 
-		append_bool_option(m_optgroup_general, "autocenter", 
-			L("Auto-center parts"),
-			L("If this is enabled, Slic3r will auto-center objects around the print bed center."),
-			app_config->get_bool("autocenter"));
-
 		append_bool_option(m_optgroup_general, "background_processing", 
 			L("Background processing"),
 			L("If this is enabled, Slic3r will pre-process objects as soon "