diff --git a/defaults/yacy.init b/defaults/yacy.init
index b40510278..ae70b9162 100644
--- a/defaults/yacy.init
+++ b/defaults/yacy.init
@@ -796,11 +796,6 @@ search.excludehosth=
 # the cases of nocache, iffresh and ifexist causes an index deletion
 search.verify.delete = true
 
-# images may be treated either as documents that are shown in search results or as objects
-# that are only visible in special search environments, like image search
-search.excludeintext.image = true
-crawler.load.image = true
-
 # remote search details
 remotesearch.maxcount = 10
 remotesearch.maxtime = 3000