diff --git a/ghost/admin/app/controllers/settings/general.js b/ghost/admin/app/controllers/settings/general.js
index d16545e514..8ff2e54ee4 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/app/controllers/settings/general.js
+++ b/ghost/admin/app/controllers/settings/general.js
@@ -35,21 +35,6 @@ export default Controller.extend({
         this.iconExtensions = ICON_EXTENSIONS;
     },
 
-    isDatedPermalinks: computed('settings.permalinks', {
-        set(key, value) {
-            this.set('settings.permalinks', value ? '/:year/:month/:day/:slug/' : '/:slug/');
-
-            let slugForm = this.get('settings.permalinks');
-            return slugForm !== '/:slug/';
-        },
-
-        get() {
-            let slugForm = this.get('settings.permalinks');
-
-            return slugForm !== '/:slug/';
-        }
-    }),
-
     privateRSSUrl: computed('config.blogUrl', 'settings.publicHash', function () {
         let blogUrl = this.get('config.blogUrl');
         let publicHash = this.get('settings.publicHash');
diff --git a/ghost/admin/app/models/setting.js b/ghost/admin/app/models/setting.js
index b8afc0566b..26e5d37c15 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/app/models/setting.js
+++ b/ghost/admin/app/models/setting.js
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ export default Model.extend(ValidationEngine, {
     icon: attr('string'),
     defaultLocale: attr('string'),
     forceI18n: attr('boolean'),
-    permalinks: attr('string'),
     activeTimezone: attr('string', {defaultValue: 'Etc/UTC'}),
     ghostHead: attr('string'),
     ghostFoot: attr('string'),
diff --git a/ghost/admin/app/templates/settings/general.hbs b/ghost/admin/app/templates/settings/general.hbs
index 57d374fd12..868734bb5e 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/app/templates/settings/general.hbs
+++ b/ghost/admin/app/templates/settings/general.hbs
@@ -232,26 +232,6 @@
         </div>
 
         <div class="gh-setting-header">Advanced settings</div>
-        <div class="gh-setting">
-            <div class="gh-setting-content">
-                <div class="gh-setting-title">Use dated permalinks</div>
-                <div class="gh-setting-desc">Include the date in your post URLs, e.g. <strong>blogurl.com/2017/01/01/post-title/</strong></div>
-            </div>
-            <div class="gh-setting-action">
-                <div class="for-checkbox">
-                    <label class="checkbox" for="settings-dated-permalinks">
-                        <input
-                            type="checkbox"
-                            checked={{isDatedPermalinks}}
-                            id="settings-dated-permalinks"
-                            onclick={{action (mut isDatedPermalinks) value="target.checked"}}
-                            data-test-dated-permalinks-checkbox
-                        >
-                        <span class="input-toggle-component"></span>
-                    </label>
-                </div>
-            </div>
-        </div>
         <div class="gh-setting">
             <div class="gh-setting-content">
                 <div class="gh-setting-title">Make this site private</div>
diff --git a/ghost/admin/mirage/fixtures/settings.js b/ghost/admin/mirage/fixtures/settings.js
index 98acc64e2a..2abffe6bec 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/mirage/fixtures/settings.js
+++ b/ghost/admin/mirage/fixtures/settings.js
@@ -60,16 +60,6 @@ export default [
         updated_at: '2015-10-27T17:39:58.280Z',
         updated_by: 1
     },
-    {
-        id: 9,
-        key: 'permalinks',
-        value: '/:slug/',
-        type: 'blog',
-        created_at: '2014-01-14T12:01:51.000Z',
-        created_by: 1,
-        updated_at: '2015-10-27T17:39:58.282Z',
-        updated_by: 1
-    },
     {
         id: 10,
         created_at: '2015-09-11T09:44:30.809Z',
diff --git a/ghost/admin/tests/acceptance/settings/general-test.js b/ghost/admin/tests/acceptance/settings/general-test.js
index 3b97872622..d52e7086a4 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/tests/acceptance/settings/general-test.js
+++ b/ghost/admin/tests/acceptance/settings/general-test.js
@@ -83,11 +83,6 @@ describe('Acceptance: Settings - General', function () {
                 'save button text'
             ).to.equal('Save settings');
 
-            expect(
-                find('[data-test-dated-permalinks-checkbox]').prop('checked'),
-                'date permalinks checkbox'
-            ).to.be.false;
-
             await click('[data-test-toggle-pub-info]');
             await fillIn('[data-test-title-input]', 'New Blog Title');
             await click('[data-test-save-button]');
@@ -474,18 +469,18 @@ describe('Acceptance: Settings - General', function () {
             await visit('/settings/general');
 
             expect(
-                find('[data-test-dated-permalinks-checkbox]').prop('checked'),
-                'date permalinks checkbox'
+                find('[data-test-private-checkbox]').prop('checked'),
+                'private blog checkbox'
             ).to.be.false;
 
             await click('[data-test-toggle-pub-info]');
             await fillIn('[data-test-title-input]', 'New Blog Title');
 
-            await click('[data-test-dated-permalinks-checkbox]');
+            await click('[data-test-private-checkbox]');
 
             expect(
-                find('[data-test-dated-permalinks-checkbox]').prop('checked'),
-                'dated permalink checkbox'
+                find('[data-test-private-checkbox]').prop('checked'),
+                'private blog checkbox'
             ).to.be.true;
 
             await visit('/settings/team');
@@ -503,8 +498,8 @@ describe('Acceptance: Settings - General', function () {
 
             // settings were not saved
             expect(
-                find('[data-test-dated-permalinks-checkbox]').prop('checked'),
-                'date permalinks checkbox'
+                find('[data-test-private-checkbox]').prop('checked'),
+                'private blog checkbox'
             ).to.be.false;
 
             expect(
diff --git a/ghost/admin/tests/unit/controllers/settings/general-test.js b/ghost/admin/tests/unit/controllers/settings/general-test.js
deleted file mode 100644
index c7f6220a20..0000000000
--- a/ghost/admin/tests/unit/controllers/settings/general-test.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-import EmberObject from '@ember/object';
-import {describe, it} from 'mocha';
-import {run} from '@ember/runloop';
-import {setupTest} from 'ember-mocha';
-
-describe('Unit: Controller: settings/general', function () {
-    setupTest('controller:settings/general', {
-        needs: [
-            'service:config',
-            'service:ghostPaths',
-            'service:notifications',
-            'service:session',
-            'service:settings'
-        ]
-    });
-
-    it('isDatedPermalinks should be correct', function () {
-        let controller = this.subject({
-            settings: EmberObject.create({
-                permalinks: '/:year/:month/:day/:slug/'
-            })
-        });
-
-        expect(controller.get('isDatedPermalinks')).to.be.ok;
-
-        run(function () {
-            controller.set('settings.permalinks', '/:slug/');
-
-            expect(controller.get('isDatedPermalinks')).to.not.be.ok;
-        });
-    });
-
-    it('setting isDatedPermalinks should switch between dated and slug', function () {
-        let controller = this.subject({
-            settings: EmberObject.create({
-                permalinks: '/:year/:month/:day/:slug/'
-            })
-        });
-
-        run(function () {
-            controller.set('isDatedPermalinks', false);
-
-            expect(controller.get('isDatedPermalinks')).to.not.be.ok;
-            expect(controller.get('settings.permalinks')).to.equal('/:slug/');
-        });
-
-        run(function () {
-            controller.set('isDatedPermalinks', true);
-
-            expect(controller.get('isDatedPermalinks')).to.be.ok;
-            expect(controller.get('settings.permalinks')).to.equal('/:year/:month/:day/:slug/');
-        });
-    });
-});