diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
index 42d4cf97f6..2b2f0a00cf 100644
--- a/docs/index.rst
+++ b/docs/index.rst
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ Release notes
 Customization and fine tunning
 ==============================
 
-  :doc:`Settings <topics/settings>` | :doc:`Customization <topics/customization>`
+  :doc:`Settings <topics/settings>`
 
 For developers
 ==============
diff --git a/docs/topics/customization.rst b/docs/topics/customization.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index d542a81c7b..0000000000
--- a/docs/topics/customization.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-=============
-Customization
-=============
-
------------
-Home screen
------------
-Sometimes users just want to go directly to work and not just be greeted with
-a home screen. For these kind of situations **Mayan EDMS** has the
-:setting:`MAIN_DISABLE_HOME_VIEW` configuration option, which will cause
-users to land on their ``recent document list`` as soon as they log in.
-
-.. _`Andrea Franz's excellent web app template`: https://github.com/pilu/web-app-theme
diff --git a/docs/topics/index.rst b/docs/topics/index.rst
index a037c77892..6188681fb9 100644
--- a/docs/topics/index.rst
+++ b/docs/topics/index.rst
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ Introductions to all the key parts of Mayan EDMS you'll need to know:
    tags
    ocr
    settings
-   customization
    development
    documentation
    translations
diff --git a/docs/topics/settings.rst b/docs/topics/settings.rst
index c0e1cd2fd7..80f5990856 100644
--- a/docs/topics/settings.rst
+++ b/docs/topics/settings.rst
@@ -433,18 +433,6 @@ Default: ``5``
 Maximum number of search queries to remember per user.
 
 
-Main
-====
-
-.. setting:: MAIN_DISABLE_HOME_VIEW
-
-**MAIN_DISABLE_HOME_VIEW**
-
-Default: ``False``
-
-Disable the home view and redirect users straight to the recent document list as soon as they log in.
-
-
 User management
 ===============
 
diff --git a/mayan/apps/main/__init__.py b/mayan/apps/main/__init__.py
index 9616f5f183..2ad7a1da5c 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/main/__init__.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/main/__init__.py
@@ -8,10 +8,6 @@ from project_setup.api import register_setup
 from project_tools.api import register_tool
 
 from .links import admin_site, diagnostics, maintenance_menu
-from .settings import DISABLE_HOME_VIEW
-
-if not DISABLE_HOME_VIEW:
-    register_top_menu('home', link={'text': _(u'Home'), 'view': 'main:home', 'famfam': 'house'}, position=0)
 
 if 'django.contrib.admin' in django_settings.INSTALLED_APPS:
     register_setup(admin_site)
diff --git a/mayan/apps/main/settings.py b/mayan/apps/main/settings.py
index 907ddfbf5a..17d05a0f55 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/main/settings.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/main/settings.py
@@ -3,14 +3,6 @@
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 from smart_settings.api import register_setting, register_settings
 
-register_setting(
-    namespace=u'main',
-    module=u'main.settings',
-    name=u'DISABLE_HOME_VIEW',
-    global_name=u'MAIN_DISABLE_HOME_VIEW',
-    default=False,
-)
-
 register_settings(
     namespace=u'main',
     module=u'main.settings',
diff --git a/mayan/apps/main/views.py b/mayan/apps/main/views.py
index c768716037..ae73e33e13 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/main/views.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/main/views.py
@@ -10,15 +10,10 @@ from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 from permissions.models import Permission
 
 from .api import diagnostics, tools
-from .settings import DISABLE_HOME_VIEW
 
 
 def home(request):
-    if DISABLE_HOME_VIEW:
-        return HttpResponseRedirect(reverse('documents:document_list_recent'))
-    else:
-        return render_to_response('main/home.html', {},
-            context_instance=RequestContext(request))
+    return HttpResponseRedirect(reverse('documents:document_list_recent'))
 
 
 def maintenance_menu(request):