diff --git a/src/bittorrent.cpp b/src/bittorrent.cpp
index 5ebc6e86f..3b7fb9a76 100644
--- a/src/bittorrent.cpp
+++ b/src/bittorrent.cpp
@@ -156,7 +156,6 @@ void bittorrent::setDownloadLimit(QString hash, long val) {
   QTorrentHandle h = getTorrentHandle(hash);
   if(h.is_valid()) {
     h.set_download_limit(val);
-    TorrentPersistentData::saveSpeedLimits(h);
   }
 }
 
@@ -169,7 +168,6 @@ void bittorrent::setUploadLimit(QString hash, long val) {
   QTorrentHandle h = getTorrentHandle(hash);
   if(h.is_valid()) {
     h.set_upload_limit(val);
-    TorrentPersistentData::saveSpeedLimits(h);
   }
 }
 
@@ -701,19 +699,12 @@ QTorrentHandle bittorrent::addMagnetUri(QString magnet_uri, bool resumed) {
   h.set_max_connections(Preferences::getMaxConnecsPerTorrent());
   // Uploads limit per torrent
   h.set_max_uploads(Preferences::getMaxUploadsPerTorrent());
-  // Speed limits
-  if(TorrentPersistentData::isKnownTorrent(h.hash())) {
-    h.set_download_limit(TorrentPersistentData::getDownloadLimit(h.hash()));
-    h.set_upload_limit(TorrentPersistentData::getUploadLimit(h.hash()));
-  }
   // Resolve countries
   h.resolve_countries(resolve_countries);
   // Load filtered files
   if(resumed) {
     // Load custom url seeds
     loadWebSeeds(hash);
-    // Load speed limit from hard drive
-    loadTorrentSpeedLimits(hash);
     // Load trackers
     loadTrackerFile(hash);
     // XXX: only when resuming because torrentAddition dialog is not supported yet
@@ -880,11 +871,6 @@ QTorrentHandle bittorrent::addTorrent(QString path, bool fromScanDir, QString fr
   h.set_max_connections(Preferences::getMaxConnecsPerTorrent());
   // Uploads limit per torrent
   h.set_max_uploads(Preferences::getMaxUploadsPerTorrent());
-  // Speed limits
-  if(TorrentPersistentData::isKnownTorrent(h.hash())) {
-    h.set_download_limit(TorrentPersistentData::getDownloadLimit(h.hash()));
-    h.set_upload_limit(TorrentPersistentData::getUploadLimit(h.hash()));
-  }
   // Resolve countries
   qDebug("AddTorrent: Resolve_countries: %d", (int)resolve_countries);
   h.resolve_countries(resolve_countries);
@@ -893,8 +879,6 @@ QTorrentHandle bittorrent::addTorrent(QString path, bool fromScanDir, QString fr
   if(resumed) {
     // Load custom url seeds
     loadWebSeeds(hash);
-    // Load speed limit from hard drive
-    loadTorrentSpeedLimits(hash);
     // Load trackers
     loadTrackerFile(hash);
   } else {
@@ -977,7 +961,6 @@ void bittorrent::setMaxConnectionsPerTorrent(int max) {
       continue;
     }
     h.set_max_connections(max);
-    TorrentPersistentData::saveSpeedLimits(h);
   }
 }
 
@@ -992,7 +975,6 @@ void bittorrent::setMaxUploadsPerTorrent(int max) {
       continue;
     }
     h.set_max_uploads(max);
-    TorrentPersistentData::saveSpeedLimits(h);
   }
 }
 
@@ -1102,13 +1084,6 @@ bool bittorrent::enableDHT(bool b) {
   return true;
 }
 
-void bittorrent::loadTorrentSpeedLimits(QString hash) {
-  QTorrentHandle h = getTorrentHandle(hash);
-  qDebug("Loading speedLimits file for %s", hash.toLocal8Bit().data());
-  h.set_download_limit(TorrentPersistentData::getDownloadLimit(hash));
-  h.set_upload_limit(TorrentPersistentData::getUploadLimit(hash));
-}
-
 // Read pieces priorities from hard disk
 // and ask QTorrentHandle to consider them
 void bittorrent::loadFilesPriorities(QTorrentHandle &h) {
diff --git a/src/bittorrent.h b/src/bittorrent.h
index ea4954881..cf0a6cb4c 100644
--- a/src/bittorrent.h
+++ b/src/bittorrent.h
@@ -135,7 +135,6 @@ class bittorrent : public QObject {
     void enableIPFilter(QString filter);
     void disableIPFilter();
     void setQueueingEnabled(bool enable);
-    void loadTorrentSpeedLimits(QString hash);
     void handleDownloadFailure(QString url, QString reason);
     void loadWebSeeds(QString fileHash);
     void downloadUrlAndSkipDialog(QString url, QString save_path=QString::null);
diff --git a/src/torrentPersistentData.h b/src/torrentPersistentData.h
index ab1657804..7fff28f68 100644
--- a/src/torrentPersistentData.h
+++ b/src/torrentPersistentData.h
@@ -204,9 +204,6 @@ public:
     }
     // Sequential download
     data["sequential"] = h.is_sequential_download();
-    // Speed limits
-    data["up_speed"] = h.upload_limit();
-    data["dl_speed"] = h.download_limit();
     // Save data
     all_data[h.hash()] = data;
     settings.setValue("torrents", all_data);
@@ -259,17 +256,6 @@ public:
     qDebug("TorrentPersistentData: Saving save_path: %s, hash: %s", save_path.toLocal8Bit().data(), hash.toLocal8Bit().data());
   }
 
-  static void saveSpeedLimits(QTorrentHandle h) {
-    Q_ASSERT(!h.hash().isEmpty());
-    QSettings settings(QString::fromUtf8("qBittorrent"), QString::fromUtf8("qBittorrent-resume"));
-    QHash<QString, QVariant> all_data = settings.value("torrents", QHash<QString, QVariant>()).toHash();
-    QHash<QString, QVariant> data = all_data[h.hash()].toHash();
-    data["up_speed"] = h.upload_limit();
-    data["dl_speed"] = h.download_limit();
-    all_data[h.hash()] = data;
-    settings.setValue("torrents", all_data);
-  }
-
   static void saveUrlSeeds(QTorrentHandle h) {
     QSettings settings(QString::fromUtf8("qBittorrent"), QString::fromUtf8("qBittorrent-resume"));
     QHash<QString, QVariant> all_data = settings.value("torrents", QHash<QString, QVariant>()).toHash();
@@ -325,20 +311,6 @@ public:
     return data["files_priority"].toList();
   }
 
-  static int getUploadLimit(QString hash) {
-    QSettings settings(QString::fromUtf8("qBittorrent"), QString::fromUtf8("qBittorrent-resume"));
-    QHash<QString, QVariant> all_data = settings.value("torrents", QHash<QString, QVariant>()).toHash();
-    QHash<QString, QVariant> data = all_data[hash].toHash();
-    return data.value("up_speed", -1).toInt();
-  }
-
-  static int getDownloadLimit(QString hash) {
-    QSettings settings(QString::fromUtf8("qBittorrent"), QString::fromUtf8("qBittorrent-resume"));
-    QHash<QString, QVariant> all_data = settings.value("torrents", QHash<QString, QVariant>()).toHash();
-    QHash<QString, QVariant> data = all_data[hash].toHash();
-    return data.value("dl_speed", -1).toInt();
-  }
-
   static QString getSavePath(QString hash) {
     QSettings settings(QString::fromUtf8("qBittorrent"), QString::fromUtf8("qBittorrent-resume"));
     QHash<QString, QVariant> all_data = settings.value("torrents", QHash<QString, QVariant>()).toHash();