diff --git a/pkg/setting/setting.go b/pkg/setting/setting.go
index aa0ce883423..fd010c42ca2 100644
--- a/pkg/setting/setting.go
+++ b/pkg/setting/setting.go
@@ -546,7 +546,6 @@ func NewConfigContext(args *CommandLineArgs) error {
 
 	alerting := Cfg.Section("alerting")
 	AlertingEnabled = alerting.Key("enabled").MustBool(false)
-	AlertingSkipSSLValidation = alerting.Key("skip_ssl_validation").MustBool(false)
 
 	readSessionConfig()
 	readSmtpSettings()