diff --git a/src/public/app/widgets/type_widgets/content_widget.js b/src/public/app/widgets/type_widgets/content_widget.js
index 27acf5521..2936ab0a7 100644
--- a/src/public/app/widgets/type_widgets/content_widget.js
+++ b/src/public/app/widgets/type_widgets/content_widget.js
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ import VacuumDatabaseOptions from "./options/advanced/vacuum_database.js";
 import DatabaseAnonymizationOptions from "./options/advanced/database_anonymization.js";
 import BackendLogWidget from "./content/backend_log.js";
 import AttachmentErasureTimeoutOptions from "./options/other/attachment_erasure_timeout.js";
-import PoweredByCKEditorOptions from "./options/appearance/powered_by_ckeditor.js";
 
 const TPL = `<div class="note-detail-content-widget note-detail-printable">
     <style>
@@ -54,7 +53,6 @@ const TPL = `<div class="note-detail-content-widget note-detail-printable">
 
 const CONTENT_WIDGETS = {
     _optionsAppearance: [
-        PoweredByCKEditorOptions,
         ThemeOptions,
         FontsOptions,
         ZoomFactorOptions,
diff --git a/src/public/app/widgets/type_widgets/options/appearance/powered_by_ckeditor.js b/src/public/app/widgets/type_widgets/options/appearance/powered_by_ckeditor.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 135b8db1e..000000000
--- a/src/public/app/widgets/type_widgets/options/appearance/powered_by_ckeditor.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-import OptionsWidget from "../options_widget.js";
-import utils from "../../../../services/utils.js";
-
-const TPL = `
-<div class="options-section">
-    <h4>Powered by CKEditor banner</h4>
-    
-    <p>CKEditor by default displays a small banner in the editing area. Some users may find this distracting, so it is possible to hide it.</p>
-    
-    <select class="powered-by-ckeditor-select form-control">
-        <option value="show">shown</option>
-        <option value="hide">hidden</option>
-    </select>
-</div>`;
-
-export default class PoweredByCKEditorOptions extends OptionsWidget {
-    doRender() {
-        this.$widget = $(TPL);
-        this.$poweredByCKEditorSelect = this.$widget.find(".powered-by-ckeditor-select");
-        this.$poweredByCKEditorSelect.on('change', async () => {
-            const hidePoweredByCKEditor = this.$poweredByCKEditorSelect.val() === 'hide' ? 'true' : 'false';
-
-            await this.updateOption('hidePoweredByCKEditor', hidePoweredByCKEditor);
-
-            utils.reloadFrontendApp("Powered by CKEditor change");
-        });
-    }
-
-    async optionsLoaded(options) {
-        this.$poweredByCKEditorSelect.val(options.hidePoweredByCKEditor === 'true' ? 'hide' : 'show');
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/public/stylesheets/style.css b/src/public/stylesheets/style.css
index 63dca0def..b8dc2d3ae 100644
--- a/src/public/stylesheets/style.css
+++ b/src/public/stylesheets/style.css
@@ -1043,3 +1043,7 @@ textarea {
     /* Fix center vertical alignment of table cells */
     vertical-align: middle;
 }
+
+.ck-powered-by-balloon {
+    display: none !important;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/routes/api/options.js b/src/routes/api/options.js
index 44db51115..999bcb993 100644
--- a/src/routes/api/options.js
+++ b/src/routes/api/options.js
@@ -55,8 +55,7 @@ const ALLOWED_OPTIONS = new Set([
     'eraseUnusedAttachmentsAfterSeconds',
     'disableTray',
     'customSearchEngineName',
-    'customSearchEngineUrl',
-    'hidePoweredByCKEditor'
+    'customSearchEngineUrl'
 ]);
 
 function getOptions() {
diff --git a/src/routes/index.js b/src/routes/index.js
index 107f8cac1..657619123 100644
--- a/src/routes/index.js
+++ b/src/routes/index.js
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ function index(req, res) {
         mainFontSize: parseInt(options.mainFontSize),
         treeFontSize: parseInt(options.treeFontSize),
         detailFontSize: parseInt(options.detailFontSize),
-        hidePoweredByCKEditor: options.hidePoweredByCKEditor === 'true',
         maxEntityChangeIdAtLoad: sql.getValue("SELECT COALESCE(MAX(id), 0) FROM entity_changes"),
         maxEntityChangeSyncIdAtLoad: sql.getValue("SELECT COALESCE(MAX(id), 0) FROM entity_changes WHERE isSynced = 1"),
         instanceName: config.General ? config.General.instanceName : null,
diff --git a/src/services/options_init.js b/src/services/options_init.js
index 080fecd08..547b4f956 100644
--- a/src/services/options_init.js
+++ b/src/services/options_init.js
@@ -88,8 +88,7 @@ const defaultOptions = [
     { name: 'disableTray', value: 'false', isSynced: false },
     { name: 'eraseUnusedAttachmentsAfterSeconds', value: '2592000', isSynced: true },
     { name: 'customSearchEngineName', value: 'DuckDuckGo', isSynced: true },
-    { name: 'customSearchEngineUrl', value: 'https://duckduckgo.com/?q={keyword}', isSynced: true },
-    { name: 'hidePoweredByCKEditor', value: 'false', isSynced: true },
+    { name: 'customSearchEngineUrl', value: 'https://duckduckgo.com/?q={keyword}', isSynced: true }
 ];
 
 function initStartupOptions() {
diff --git a/src/views/desktop.ejs b/src/views/desktop.ejs
index 083c4deaf..0f2ee750a 100644
--- a/src/views/desktop.ejs
+++ b/src/views/desktop.ejs
@@ -44,12 +44,6 @@
     .note-split {
         max-width: <%= maxContentWidth %>px;
     }
-
-    <% if (hidePoweredByCKEditor) { %>
-    .ck-powered-by-balloon {
-        display: none !important;
-    }
-    <% } %>
 </style>
 
 <!-- Required for correct loading of scripts in Electron -->