diff --git a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Project/ProjectCreationHandler.coffee b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Project/ProjectCreationHandler.coffee
index 6871f8e6d2..c461c04341 100644
--- a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Project/ProjectCreationHandler.coffee
+++ b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Project/ProjectCreationHandler.coffee
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ module.exports =
 		project = new Project
 			 owner_ref  : new ObjectId(owner_id)
 			 name       : projectName
-			 useClsi2   : true
 		project.rootFolder[0] = rootFolder
 		User.findById owner_id, "ace.spellCheckLanguage", (err, user)->
 			project.spellCheckLanguage = user.ace.spellCheckLanguage
diff --git a/services/web/app/coffee/models/Project.coffee b/services/web/app/coffee/models/Project.coffee
index 8c458e28ed..111ef40cfb 100644
--- a/services/web/app/coffee/models/Project.coffee
+++ b/services/web/app/coffee/models/Project.coffee
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ ProjectSchema = new Schema
 	compiler		  :   {type:String, default:'pdflatex'}
 	spellCheckLanguage :   {type:String, default:'en'}
 	deletedByExternalDataSource : {type: Boolean, default: false}
-	useClsi2          :   {type:Boolean, default: true}
 	description : {type:String, default:''}
 	archived          : { type: Boolean }
 	deletedDocs       : [DeletedDocSchema]
diff --git a/services/web/test/UnitTests/coffee/Compile/CompileControllerTests.coffee b/services/web/test/UnitTests/coffee/Compile/CompileControllerTests.coffee
index 08299812fe..33239f53a6 100644
--- a/services/web/test/UnitTests/coffee/Compile/CompileControllerTests.coffee
+++ b/services/web/test/UnitTests/coffee/Compile/CompileControllerTests.coffee
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ describe "CompileController", ->
 
 		describe "when downloading for embedding", ->
 			beforeEach ->
-				@project.useClsi2 = true
 				@CompileController.proxyToClsi = sinon.stub()
 				@CompileController.downloadPdf(@req, @res, @next)