diff --git a/src/gmenu2x.cpp b/src/gmenu2x.cpp
index 00adfe5..db4df23 100644
--- a/src/gmenu2x.cpp
+++ b/src/gmenu2x.cpp
@@ -1682,7 +1682,6 @@ void GMenu2X::editLink() {
 	int linkVolume = menu->selLinkApp()->volume();
 	//G
 	//int linkGamma = menu->selLinkApp()->gamma();
-	int linkBacklight = menu->selLinkApp()->backlight();
 
 	string diagTitle = tr.translate("Edit link: $1",linkTitle.c_str(),NULL);
 	string diagIcon = menu->selLinkApp()->getIconPath();
@@ -1696,7 +1695,6 @@ void GMenu2X::editLink() {
 	sd.addSetting(new MenuSettingInt(this,tr["Clock (default: 336)"],tr["Cpu clock frequency to set when launching this link"],&linkClock,cpuFreqMin,confInt["maxClock"],cpuFreqMultiple));
 //	sd.addSetting(new MenuSettingBool(this,tr["Tweak RAM Timings"],tr["This usually speeds up the application at the cost of stability"],&linkUseRamTimings));
 	sd.addSetting(new MenuSettingInt(this,tr["Volume (default: -1)"],tr["Volume to set for this link"],&linkVolume,-1,100));
-	sd.addSetting(new MenuSettingInt(this,tr["Backlight (default: -1)"],tr["LCD backlight value to set when launching this link"],&linkBacklight,-1,100));
 	sd.addSetting(new MenuSettingString(this,tr["Parameters"],tr["Parameters to pass to the application"],&linkParams, diagTitle,diagIcon));
 	sd.addSetting(new MenuSettingDir(this,tr["Selector Directory"],tr["Directory to scan for the selector"],&linkSelDir));
 	sd.addSetting(new MenuSettingBool(this,tr["Selector Browser"],tr["Allow the selector to change directory"],&linkSelBrowser));
@@ -1723,10 +1721,6 @@ void GMenu2X::editLink() {
 		menu->selLinkApp()->setAliasFile(linkSelAliases);
 		menu->selLinkApp()->setClock(linkClock);
 		menu->selLinkApp()->setVolume(linkVolume);
-		//G
-		if ((linkBacklight < 5) && (linkBacklight > -1))
-			linkBacklight = 5;
-		menu->selLinkApp()->setBacklight(linkBacklight);
 
 		INFO("New Section: '%s'\n", newSection.c_str());
 
diff --git a/src/linkapp.cpp b/src/linkapp.cpp
index c6da109..a0145fd 100644
--- a/src/linkapp.cpp
+++ b/src/linkapp.cpp
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ LinkApp::LinkApp(GMenu2X *gmenu2x_, InputManager &inputMgr_,
 	setVolume(-1);
 	//G
 	//setGamma(0);
-	setBacklight(-1);
 	selectordir = "";
 	selectorfilter = "";
 	icon = iconPath = "";
@@ -87,8 +86,6 @@ LinkApp::LinkApp(GMenu2X *gmenu2x_, InputManager &inputMgr_,
 		//G
 		} else if (name == "gamma") {
 			setGamma( atoi(value.c_str()) );
-		} else if (name == "backlight") {
-			setBacklight( atoi(value.c_str()) );
 		} else if (name == "volume") {
 			setVolume( atoi(value.c_str()) );
 		} else if (name == "selectordir") {
@@ -175,26 +172,6 @@ void LinkApp::setVolume(int vol) {
 	edited = true;
 }
 
-int LinkApp::backlight()
-{
-	return ibacklight;
-}
-
-const string &LinkApp::backlightStr()
-{
-	return sbacklight;
-}
-
-void LinkApp::setBacklight(int val)
-{
-	ibacklight = constrain(val,-1,100);
-	stringstream ss;
-	sbacklight = "";
-	ss << ibacklight;
-	ss >> sbacklight;
-
-	edited = true;
-}
 //G
 int LinkApp::gamma() {
 	return igamma;
@@ -241,7 +218,6 @@ bool LinkApp::save() {
 		if (ivolume>0          ) f << "volume="          << ivolume         << endl;
 		//G
 		if (igamma!=0          ) f << "gamma="           << igamma          << endl;
-		if (ibacklight!=0      ) f << "backlight="       << ibacklight      << endl;
 		if (selectordir!=""    ) f << "selectordir="     << selectordir     << endl;
 		if (selectorbrowser    ) f << "selectorbrowser=true"                << endl;
 		if (selectorfilter!="" ) f << "selectorfilter="  << selectorfilter  << endl;
@@ -497,8 +473,6 @@ void LinkApp::launch(const string &selectedFile, const string &selectedDir) {
 			gmenu2x->setClock(clock());
 		//if (gamma()!=0 && gamma()!=gmenu2x->confInt["gamma"])
 		//	gmenu2x->setGamma(gamma());
-		if((backlight() != 0) && (backlight() != gmenu2x->confInt["backlight"]))
-			gmenu2x->setBacklight(backlight());
 
 		/* Make the terminal we're connected to (via stdin/stdout) our
       		   contolling terminal again.  Else many console programs are
diff --git a/src/linkapp.h b/src/linkapp.h
index 57bf363..b6c845b 100644
--- a/src/linkapp.h
+++ b/src/linkapp.h
@@ -42,10 +42,8 @@ private:
 	int iclock, ivolume;
 	//G
 	string sgamma;
-	string sbacklight;
 	//G
 	int igamma;
-	int ibacklight;
 	string exec, params, workdir, manual, selectordir, selectorfilter, selectorscreens;
 	bool selectorbrowser, useRamTimings;
 	void drawRun();
@@ -94,11 +92,6 @@ public:
 	const string &gammaStr();
 	void setGamma(int gamma);
 
-	int backlight();
-	const string &backlightStr();
-	void setBacklight(int val);
-// /G
-
 	bool save();
 	void run();
 	void showManual();