diff --git a/wp-admin/options-misc.php b/wp-admin/options-misc.php
index 51014a07ef..994b5ebc3a 100644
--- a/wp-admin/options-misc.php
+++ b/wp-admin/options-misc.php
@@ -11,51 +11,6 @@ include('admin-header.php');
 <div class="wrap"> 
 <h2><?php _e('Miscellaneous Options') ?></h2> 
 <form method="post" action="options.php"> 
-<fieldset class="options">
-<legend>
-<input name="use_fileupload" type="checkbox" id="use_fileupload" value="1" <?php checked('1', get_settings('use_fileupload')); ?> />
-<label for="use_fileupload"><?php _e('Allow File Uploads') ?></label></legend>
-<table width="100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="5" class="editform"> 
-<tr> 
-<th width="33%" valign="top" scope="row"><?php _e('Destination directory:') ?> </th> 
-<td>
-<input name="fileupload_realpath" type="text" id="fileupload_realpath" value="<?php form_option('fileupload_realpath'); ?>" size="50" /><br />
-<?php printf(__('Recommended: <code>%s</code>'), ABSPATH . 'wp-content') ?>
-
-</td> 
-</tr> 
-<tr>
-<th valign="top" scope="row"><?php _e('URI of this directory:') ?> </th>
-<td>          
-<input name="fileupload_url" type="text" id="fileupload_url" value="<?php form_option('fileupload_url'); ?>" size="50" /><br />
-<?php printf(__('Recommended: <code>%s</code>'), get_settings('siteurl') . '/wp-content') ?>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<th scope="row"><?php _e('Maximum size:') ?> </th>
-<td><input name="fileupload_maxk" type="text" id="fileupload_maxk" value="<?php form_option('fileupload_maxk'); ?>" size="4" /> 
-<?php _e('Kilobytes (KB)') ?></td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<th valign="top" scope="row"><?php _e('Allowed file extensions:') ?></th>
-<td><input name="fileupload_allowedtypes" type="text" id="fileupload_allowedtypes" value="<?php form_option('fileupload_allowedtypes'); ?>" size="40" />
-<br />
-<?php _e('Recommended: <code>jpg jpeg png gif</code>') ?></td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<th scope="row"><?php _e('Minimum level to upload:') ?></th>
-<td><select name="fileupload_minlevel" id="fileupload_minlevel">
-<?php
-for ($i = 1; $i < 11; $i++) {
-if ($i == get_settings('fileupload_minlevel')) $selected = " selected='selected'";
-else $selected = '';
-echo "\n\t<option value='$i' $selected>$i</option>";
-}
-?>
-</select></td>
-</tr>
-</table> 
-</fieldset>
 <p><input name="use_linksupdate" type="checkbox" id="use_linksupdate" value="1" <?php checked('1', get_settings('use_linksupdate')); ?> />
 <label for="use_linksupdate"><?php _e('Track Links&#8217; Update Times') ?></label></p>
 <p>
@@ -63,7 +18,7 @@ echo "\n\t<option value='$i' $selected>$i</option>";
 </p>
 <p class="submit">
 <input type="hidden" name="action" value="update" />
-<input type="hidden" name="page_options" value="hack_file,use_fileupload,fileupload_realpath,fileupload_url,fileupload_allowedtypes,fileupload_maxk,fileupload_maxk,fileupload_minlevel,use_geo_positions,use_linksupdate" /> 
+<input type="hidden" name="page_options" value="hack_file,use_linksupdate" /> 
 	<input type="submit" name="Submit" value="<?php _e('Update Options') ?> &raquo;" />
 </p>
 </form> 
diff --git a/wp-admin/upgrade-schema.php b/wp-admin/upgrade-schema.php
index 1b026db2ce..d89f3571cd 100644
--- a/wp-admin/upgrade-schema.php
+++ b/wp-admin/upgrade-schema.php
@@ -168,12 +168,6 @@ function populate_options() {
 	add_option('posts_per_rss', 10);
 	add_option('rss_excerpt_length', 50);
 	add_option('rss_use_excerpt', 0);
-	add_option('use_fileupload', 0);
-	add_option('fileupload_realpath', ABSPATH . 'wp-content');
-	add_option('fileupload_url', get_option('siteurl') . '/wp-content');
-	add_option('fileupload_allowedtypes', 'jpg jpeg gif png');
-	add_option('fileupload_maxk', 300);
-	add_option('fileupload_minlevel', 6);
 	add_option('mailserver_url', 'mail.example.com');
 	add_option('mailserver_login', 'login@example.com');
 	add_option('mailserver_pass', 'password');