diff --git a/src/database/mongo.js b/src/database/mongo.js
index 9e1c3a5a8f..b91acde0cb 100644
--- a/src/database/mongo.js
+++ b/src/database/mongo.js
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 	var session = require('express-session');
 	var _ = require('underscore');
 	var semver = require('semver');
-	var meta = require('../meta');
 	var db;
 
 	_.mixin(require('underscore.deep'));
@@ -130,14 +129,12 @@
 			rdb.client = rdb.connect();
 
 			var ttlDays = 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24 * (parseInt(meta.config.loginDays, 10) || 0);
-			var ttlHours = 1000 * 60 * 60 * (parseInt(meta.config.loginHours, 10) || 0);
-			var ttlMinutes = 1000 * 60 * (parseInt(meta.config.loginMinutes, 10) || 0);
 			var ttlSeconds = 1000 * (parseInt(meta.config.loginSeconds, 10) || 0);
-			var ttlTotal = (ttlDays + ttlHours + ttlMinutes + ttlSeconds) || 1209600000; // Default to 14 days
+			var ttl = ttlSeconds || ttlDays || 1209600000; // Default to 14 days
 
 			module.sessionStore = new sessionStore({
 				client: rdb.client,
-				ttl: ttlTotal
+				ttl: ttl
 			});
 		} else if (nconf.get('mongo')) {
 			sessionStore = require('connect-mongo')(session);
diff --git a/src/database/redis.js b/src/database/redis.js
index 7d89054b26..8519b57bae 100644
--- a/src/database/redis.js
+++ b/src/database/redis.js
@@ -63,14 +63,12 @@
 		var sessionStore = require('connect-redis')(session);
 
 		var ttlDays = 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24 * (parseInt(meta.config.loginDays, 10) || 0);
-		var ttlHours = 1000 * 60 * 60 * (parseInt(meta.config.loginHours, 10) || 0);
-		var ttlMinutes = 1000 * 60 * (parseInt(meta.config.loginMinutes, 10) || 0);
 		var ttlSeconds = 1000 * (parseInt(meta.config.loginSeconds, 10) || 0);
-		var ttlTotal = (ttlDays + ttlHours + ttlMinutes + ttlSeconds) || 1209600000; // Default to 14 days
+		var ttl = ttlSeconds || ttlDays || 1209600000; // Default to 14 days
 
 		module.sessionStore = new sessionStore({
 			client: module.client,
-			ttl: ttlTotal
+			ttl: ttl
 		});
 
 		if (typeof callback === 'function') {
diff --git a/src/views/admin/settings/user.tpl b/src/views/admin/settings/user.tpl
index 440b34edbb..25de94b6d4 100644
--- a/src/views/admin/settings/user.tpl
+++ b/src/views/admin/settings/user.tpl
@@ -113,19 +113,18 @@
 </div>
 
 <div class="row">
-	<div class="col-sm-2 col-xs-12 settings-header">Session time
+	<div class="col-sm-2 col-xs-12 settings-header">
+		Session time
 	</div>
 	<div class="col-sm-10 col-xs-12">
 		<form>
 			<div class="form-group">
 				<label>Days: </label>
 				<input type="text" class="form-control" data-field="loginDays" placeholder="Days" />
-				<label>Hours: </label>
-				<input type="text" class="form-control" data-field="loginHours" placeholder="Hours" />
-				<label>Minutes: </label>
-				<input type="text" class="form-control" data-field="loginMinutes" placeholder="Minutes" />
 				<label>Seconds: </label>
 				<input type="text" class="form-control" data-field="loginSeconds" placeholder="Seconds" />
+				<p class="help-block">Note that only one of these values will be used. If there is no <i>seconds</i> value we fall back to <i>days</i>. If
+					there is no <i>days</i> value we default to <i>14 days</i>.
 			</div>
 		</form>
 	</div>
diff --git a/src/webserver.js b/src/webserver.js
index 686451aef7..4e103d4a11 100644
--- a/src/webserver.js
+++ b/src/webserver.js
@@ -171,13 +171,11 @@ function setupFavicon(app) {
 
 function setupCookie() {
 	var ttlDays = 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24 * (parseInt(meta.config.loginDays, 10) || 0);
-	var ttlHours = 1000 * 60 * 60 * (parseInt(meta.config.loginHours, 10) || 0);
-	var ttlMinutes = 1000 * 60 * (parseInt(meta.config.loginMinutes, 10) || 0);
 	var ttlSeconds = 1000 * (parseInt(meta.config.loginSeconds, 10) || 0);
-	var ttlTotal = (ttlDays + ttlHours + ttlMinutes + ttlSeconds) || 1209600000; // Default to 14 days
+	var ttl = ttlSeconds || ttlDays || 1209600000; // Default to 14 days
 
 	var cookie = {
-		maxAge: ttlTotal
+		maxAge: ttl
 	};
 
 	if (nconf.get('cookieDomain') || meta.config.cookieDomain) {