diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index 80e192746a..414021c183 100644
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -159,8 +159,6 @@ function start() {
 						require('./src/user').startJobs();
 					}
 
-					nconf.set('url', nconf.get('base_url') + (nconf.get('use_port') ? ':' + nconf.get('port') : '') + nconf.get('relative_path'));
-
 					async.waterfall([
 						async.apply(plugins.ready),
 						async.apply(meta.templates.compile),
diff --git a/src/plugins.js b/src/plugins.js
index a4180880f1..ec7e5302ba 100644
--- a/src/plugins.js
+++ b/src/plugins.js
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ var fs = require('fs'),
 	path = require('path'),
 	async = require('async'),
 	winston = require('winston'),
-	nconf = require('nconf'),
 	semver = require('semver'),
 	express = require('express'),
 	npm = require('npm'),