diff --git a/src/overlaycontroller.cpp b/src/overlaycontroller.cpp
index 4dbda5f..bfd9ed0 100644
--- a/src/overlaycontroller.cpp
+++ b/src/overlaycontroller.cpp
@@ -278,27 +278,6 @@ OverlayController::OverlayController( bool desktopMode,
             return obj;
         } );
 
-    // Force keyboard shortcut settings to appear in config file.
-    constexpr auto settingsKeyboardName = "keyboardShortcuts";
-    appSettings()->beginGroup( settingsKeyboardName );
-
-    constexpr auto defaultDiscordMuteBindings = "^>m";
-    if ( appSettings()->value( "keyboardOne", "" ) == "" )
-    {
-        appSettings()->setValue( "keyboardOne", defaultDiscordMuteBindings );
-    }
-
-    if ( appSettings()->value( "keyboardTwo", "" ) == "" )
-    {
-        appSettings()->setValue( "keyboardTwo", defaultDiscordMuteBindings );
-    }
-
-    if ( appSettings()->value( "keyboardThree", "" ) == "" )
-    {
-        appSettings()->setValue( "keyboardThree", defaultDiscordMuteBindings );
-    }
-    appSettings()->endGroup();
-
     // Keep the settings for vsyncDisabled and crash recovery here in main
     // overlaycontroller
     appSettings()->beginGroup( "applicationSettings" );