diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/Core.java b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/Core.java
index 64ed0fa5e4..268ee9f831 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/Core.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/Core.java
@@ -3348,7 +3348,6 @@ class Core {
         boolean sync_quick_pop = prefs.getBoolean("sync_quick_pop", true);
         boolean notify_known = prefs.getBoolean("notify_known", false);
         boolean native_dkim = prefs.getBoolean("native_dkim", false);
-        boolean strict_alignment = prefs.getBoolean("strict_alignment", false);
         boolean download_eml = prefs.getBoolean("download_eml", false);
         boolean download_plain = prefs.getBoolean("download_plain", false);
         boolean check_blocklist = prefs.getBoolean("check_blocklist", false);