diff --git a/application/controllers/AccountController.php b/application/controllers/AccountController.php
index 9852e1111..f172cfeca 100644
--- a/application/controllers/AccountController.php
+++ b/application/controllers/AccountController.php
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class AccountController extends Controller
 
         $form = new PreferenceForm();
         $form->setPreferences($user->getPreferences());
-        if ($config->get('config_backend', 'db') !== 'none' && isset($config->config_resource)) {
+        if (isset($config->config_resource)) {
             $form->setStore(PreferencesStore::create(new ConfigObject(array(
                 'resource'  => $config->config_resource
             )), $user));
diff --git a/application/forms/Config/GeneralConfigForm.php b/application/forms/Config/GeneralConfigForm.php
index 18d379094..5f15512a5 100644
--- a/application/forms/Config/GeneralConfigForm.php
+++ b/application/forms/Config/GeneralConfigForm.php
@@ -37,13 +37,4 @@ class GeneralConfigForm extends ConfigForm
         $this->addSubForm($themingConfigForm->create($formData));
         $this->addSubForm($domainConfigForm->create($formData));
     }
-
-    public function onRequest()
-    {
-        parent::onRequest();
-
-        if ($this->config->get('global', 'config_backend') === 'ini') {
-            $this->warning('The preferences backend of type INI is deprecated and will be removed with version 2.11');
-        }
-    }
 }
diff --git a/library/Icinga/Authentication/Auth.php b/library/Icinga/Authentication/Auth.php
index 45d815bd9..f358eac37 100644
--- a/library/Icinga/Authentication/Auth.php
+++ b/library/Icinga/Authentication/Auth.php
@@ -376,25 +376,21 @@ class Auth
             $config = new Config();
         }
 
-        if ($config->get('global', 'config_backend', 'db') !== 'none') {
-            $preferencesConfig = new ConfigObject([
-                'resource'  => $config->get('global', 'config_resource')
-            ]);
+        $preferencesConfig = new ConfigObject([
+            'resource'  => $config->get('global', 'config_resource')
+        ]);
 
-            try {
-                $preferencesStore = PreferencesStore::create($preferencesConfig, $user);
-                $preferences = new Preferences($preferencesStore->load());
-            } catch (Exception $e) {
-                Logger::error(
-                    new IcingaException(
-                        'Cannot load preferences for user "%s". An exception was thrown: %s',
-                        $user->getUsername(),
-                        $e
-                    )
-                );
-                $preferences = new Preferences();
-            }
-        } else {
+        try {
+            $preferencesStore = PreferencesStore::create($preferencesConfig, $user);
+            $preferences = new Preferences($preferencesStore->load());
+        } catch (Exception $e) {
+            Logger::error(
+                new IcingaException(
+                    'Cannot load preferences for user "%s". An exception was thrown: %s',
+                    $user->getUsername(),
+                    $e
+                )
+            );
             $preferences = new Preferences();
         }
 
diff --git a/modules/migrate/library/Migrate/Config/UserDomainMigration.php b/modules/migrate/library/Migrate/Config/UserDomainMigration.php
index 1c3f6e181..855a0abdb 100644
--- a/modules/migrate/library/Migrate/Config/UserDomainMigration.php
+++ b/modules/migrate/library/Migrate/Config/UserDomainMigration.php
@@ -178,80 +178,51 @@ class UserDomainMigration
     {
         $config = Config::app();
 
-        $type = $config->get('global', 'config_backend', 'ini');
+        $resourceConfig = ResourceFactory::getResourceConfig($config->get('global', 'config_resource'));
+        if ($resourceConfig->db === 'mysql') {
+            $resourceConfig->charset = 'utf8mb4';
+        }
 
-        switch ($type) {
-            case 'ini':
-                $directory = Config::resolvePath('preferences');
+        /** @var DbConnection $conn */
+        $conn = ResourceFactory::createResource($resourceConfig);
 
-                $migration = array();
+        $query = $conn
+            ->select()
+            ->from('icingaweb_user_preference', array('username'))
+            ->group('username');
 
-                if (DirectoryIterator::isReadable($directory)) {
-                    foreach (new DirectoryIterator($directory) as $username => $path) {
-                        $user = new User($username);
+        if ($this->map !== null) {
+            $query->applyFilter(Filter::matchAny(Filter::where('username', array_keys($this->map))));
+        }
 
-                        if (! $this->mustMigrate($user)) {
-                            continue;
-                        }
+        $users = $query->fetchColumn();
 
-                        $migrated = $this->migrateUser($user);
+        $migration = array();
 
-                        $migration[$path] = dirname($path) . '/' . $migrated->getUsername();
-                    }
+        foreach ($users as $username) {
+            $user = new User($username);
 
-                    foreach ($migration as $from => $to) {
-                        rename($from, $to);
-                    }
-                }
+            if (! $this->mustMigrate($user)) {
+                continue;
+            }
 
-                break;
-            case 'db':
-                $resourceConfig = ResourceFactory::getResourceConfig($config->get('global', 'config_resource'));
-                if ($resourceConfig->db === 'mysql') {
-                    $resourceConfig->charset = 'utf8mb4';
-                }
+            $migrated = $this->migrateUser($user);
 
-                /** @var DbConnection $conn */
-                $conn = ResourceFactory::createResource($resourceConfig);
+            $migration[$username] = $migrated->getUsername();
+        }
 
-                $query = $conn
-                    ->select()
-                    ->from('icingaweb_user_preference', array('username'))
-                    ->group('username');
+        if (! empty($migration)) {
+            $conn->getDbAdapter()->beginTransaction();
 
-                if ($this->map !== null) {
-                    $query->applyFilter(Filter::matchAny(Filter::where('username', array_keys($this->map))));
-                }
+            foreach ($migration as $originalUsername => $username) {
+                $conn->update(
+                    'icingaweb_user_preference',
+                    array('username' => $username),
+                    Filter::where('username', $originalUsername)
+                );
+            }
 
-                $users = $query->fetchColumn();
-
-                $migration = array();
-
-                foreach ($users as $username) {
-                    $user = new User($username);
-
-                    if (! $this->mustMigrate($user)) {
-                        continue;
-                    }
-
-                    $migrated = $this->migrateUser($user);
-
-                    $migration[$username] = $migrated->getUsername();
-                }
-
-                if (! empty($migration)) {
-                    $conn->getDbAdapter()->beginTransaction();
-
-                    foreach ($migration as $originalUsername => $username) {
-                        $conn->update(
-                            'icingaweb_user_preference',
-                            array('username' => $username),
-                            Filter::where('username', $originalUsername)
-                        );
-                    }
-
-                    $conn->getDbAdapter()->commit();
-                }
+            $conn->getDbAdapter()->commit();
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/modules/setup/library/Setup/Steps/GeneralConfigStep.php b/modules/setup/library/Setup/Steps/GeneralConfigStep.php
index f15ba6e52..2c928f63b 100644
--- a/modules/setup/library/Setup/Steps/GeneralConfigStep.php
+++ b/modules/setup/library/Setup/Steps/GeneralConfigStep.php
@@ -28,9 +28,7 @@ class GeneralConfigStep extends Step
             $config[$section][$property] = $value;
         }
 
-        if ($config['global']['config_backend'] === 'db') {
-            $config['global']['config_resource'] = $this->data['resourceName'];
-        }
+        $config['global']['config_resource'] = $this->data['resourceName'];
 
         try {
             Config::fromArray($config)
@@ -57,12 +55,7 @@ class GeneralConfigStep extends Step
                 ? t('An exception\'s stacktrace is shown to every user by default.')
                 : t('An exception\'s stacktrace is hidden from every user by default.')
             ) . '</li>'
-            . '<li>' . sprintf(
-                $this->data['generalConfig']['global_config_backend'] === 'ini' ? sprintf(
-                    t('Preferences will be stored per user account in INI files at: %s'),
-                    Config::resolvePath('preferences')
-                ) : t('Preferences will be stored using a database.')
-            ) . '</li>'
+            . '<li>' . t('Preferences will be stored using a database.') . '</li>'
             . '</ul>';
 
         $type = $this->data['generalConfig']['logging_log'];