diff --git a/binaries/data/config/default.cfg b/binaries/data/config/default.cfg
index 78d24a8dfc..d7d3823afc 100644
--- a/binaries/data/config/default.cfg
+++ b/binaries/data/config/default.cfg
@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@ shadowscutoffdistance = 300.0
 ; If true shadows cover the whole map instead of the camera frustum.
 shadowscovermap = false
 
-texturequality = 5     ; Texture resolution and quality (0 - Lowest, 1 Very Low, 2 - Low, 3 - Medium, 4 - High, 5 - Very High, 6 - Ultra)
 vsync = false
 particles = true
 fog = true
diff --git a/source/ps/GameSetup/GameSetup.cpp b/source/ps/GameSetup/GameSetup.cpp
index ab5b92e788..d1bb942a8e 100644
--- a/source/ps/GameSetup/GameSetup.cpp
+++ b/source/ps/GameSetup/GameSetup.cpp
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 #include "lib/file/common/file_stats.h"
 #include "lib/input.h"
 #include "lib/ogl.h"
-#include "lib/res/graphics/ogl_tex.h"
 #include "lib/res/h_mgr.h"
 #include "lib/timer.h"
 #include "lobby/IXmppClient.h"
@@ -104,68 +103,9 @@ ERROR_TYPE(System, RequiredExtensionsMissing);
 
 thread_local std::shared_ptr<ScriptContext> g_ScriptContext;
 
-static const int SANE_TEX_QUALITY_DEFAULT = 5;	// keep in sync with code
-
 bool g_InDevelopmentCopy;
 bool g_CheckedIfInDevelopmentCopy = false;
 
-static void SetTextureQuality(int quality)
-{
-	int q_flags;
-	GLint filter;
-
-retry:
-	// keep this in sync with SANE_TEX_QUALITY_DEFAULT
-	switch(quality)
-	{
-		// worst quality
-	case 0:
-		q_flags = OGL_TEX_HALF_RES|OGL_TEX_HALF_BPP;
-		filter = GL_NEAREST;
-		break;
-		// [perf] add bilinear filtering
-	case 1:
-		q_flags = OGL_TEX_HALF_RES|OGL_TEX_HALF_BPP;
-		filter = GL_LINEAR;
-		break;
-		// [vmem] no longer reduce resolution
-	case 2:
-		q_flags = OGL_TEX_HALF_BPP;
-		filter = GL_LINEAR;
-		break;
-		// [vmem] add mipmaps
-	case 3:
-		q_flags = OGL_TEX_HALF_BPP;
-		filter = GL_NEAREST_MIPMAP_LINEAR;
-		break;
-		// [perf] better filtering
-	case 4:
-		q_flags = OGL_TEX_HALF_BPP;
-		filter = GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_LINEAR;
-		break;
-		// [vmem] no longer reduce bpp
-	case SANE_TEX_QUALITY_DEFAULT:
-		q_flags = OGL_TEX_FULL_QUALITY;
-		filter = GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_LINEAR;
-		break;
-		// [perf] add anisotropy
-	case 6:
-		// TODO: add anisotropic filtering
-		q_flags = OGL_TEX_FULL_QUALITY;
-		filter = GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_LINEAR;
-		break;
-		// invalid
-	default:
-		debug_warn(L"SetTextureQuality: invalid quality");
-		quality = SANE_TEX_QUALITY_DEFAULT;
-		// careful: recursion doesn't work and we don't want to duplicate
-		// the "sane" default values.
-		goto retry;
-	}
-
-	ogl_tex_set_defaults(q_flags, filter);
-}
-
 ErrorReactionInternal psDisplayError(const wchar_t* UNUSED(text), size_t UNUSED(flags))
 {
 	// If we're fullscreen, then sometimes (at least on some particular drivers on Linux)
@@ -730,15 +670,6 @@ void InitGraphics(const CmdLineArgs& args, int flags, const std::vector<CStr>& i
 
 	RunHardwareDetection();
 
-	if (g_AtlasGameLoop && g_AtlasGameLoop->view)
-		SetTextureQuality(SANE_TEX_QUALITY_DEFAULT);
-	else
-	{
-		int textureQuality = SANE_TEX_QUALITY_DEFAULT;
-		CFG_GET_VAL("texturequality", textureQuality);
-		SetTextureQuality(textureQuality);
-	}
-
 	ogl_WarnIfError();
 
 	// Optionally start profiler GPU timings automatically