diff --git a/src/lib-sieve/sieve-storage.c b/src/lib-sieve/sieve-storage.c
index 11149d5f2a2a36468fdc37b1ad6834c67f37305f..4da0d1abf652dbafc27e10038ee9e16519e6455d 100644
--- a/src/lib-sieve/sieve-storage.c
+++ b/src/lib-sieve/sieve-storage.c
@@ -496,10 +496,6 @@ sieve_storage_create_main(struct sieve_instance *svinst, struct mail_user *user,
 
 	/* Determine location for default script */
 	set_default = sieve_setting_get(svinst, "sieve_default");
-	if (set_default == NULL) {
-		/* For backwards compatibility */
-		set_default = sieve_setting_get(svinst, "sieve_global_path");
-	}
 
 	/* Attempt to locate user's main storage */
 	storage = sieve_storage_do_create_main(svinst, user, flags, error_r);