diff --git a/rtgui/cropwindow.cc b/rtgui/cropwindow.cc
index 29d4b6db1..6d0391232 100644
--- a/rtgui/cropwindow.cc
+++ b/rtgui/cropwindow.cc
@@ -103,9 +103,7 @@ void CropWindow::initZoomSteps()
         float z = 10./float(s);
         sprintf(lbl, "% 2d%%", int(z * 100));
         bool is_major = (s == s/10 * 10);
-        if (is_major || options.extendedZoomLevelsForFit) {
-            zoomSteps.push_back(ZoomStep(lbl, z, s, is_major));
-        }
+        zoomSteps.push_back(ZoomStep(lbl, z, s, is_major));
     }
     zoom11index = zoomSteps.size();
     for (int s = 1; s <= 8; ++s) {
diff --git a/rtgui/options.cc b/rtgui/options.cc
index 1bc7f1706..3daa764ec 100644
--- a/rtgui/options.cc
+++ b/rtgui/options.cc
@@ -348,7 +348,6 @@ void Options::setDefaults ()
     lastScale = 5;
     panAccelFactor = 5;
     rememberZoomAndPan = true;
-    extendedZoomLevelsForFit = false;
     lastCropSize = 1;
     fbOnlyRaw = false;
     fbShowDateTime = true;
@@ -1349,10 +1348,6 @@ int Options::readFromFile (Glib::ustring fname)
                     rememberZoomAndPan        = keyFile.get_boolean ("GUI", "RememberZoomAndPan");
                 }
 
-                if (keyFile.has_key ("GUI", "ExtendedZoomLevelsForFit")) {
-                    extendedZoomLevelsForFit  = keyFile.get_boolean ("GUI", "ExtendedZoomLevelsForFit");
-                }
-                
                 if (keyFile.has_key ("GUI", "LastCropSize")) {
                     lastCropSize      = keyFile.get_integer ("GUI", "LastCropSize");
                 }
@@ -2028,7 +2023,6 @@ int Options::saveToFile (Glib::ustring fname)
         keyFile.set_integer ("GUI", "LastPreviewScale", lastScale);
         keyFile.set_integer ("GUI", "PanAccelFactor", panAccelFactor);
         keyFile.set_boolean ("GUI", "RememberZoomAndPan", rememberZoomAndPan);
-        keyFile.set_boolean ("GUI", "ExtendedZoomLevelsForFit", extendedZoomLevelsForFit);
         keyFile.set_integer ("GUI", "LastCropSize", lastCropSize);
         keyFile.set_boolean ("GUI", "ShowHistory", showHistory);
         keyFile.set_integer ("GUI", "ShowFilePanelState", showFilePanelState);
diff --git a/rtgui/options.h b/rtgui/options.h
index e090bd15f..7c0a3534d 100644
--- a/rtgui/options.h
+++ b/rtgui/options.h
@@ -215,7 +215,6 @@ public:
     bool filmStripShowFileNames;
     bool tabbedUI;
     bool rememberZoomAndPan;
-    bool extendedZoomLevelsForFit;
     int multiDisplayMode;  // 0=none, 1=Edit panels on other display
     std::vector<double> cutOverlayBrush;  // Red;Green;Blue;Alpha , all ranging 0..1
     std::vector<double> navGuideBrush;  // Red;Green;Blue;Alpha , all ranging 0..1
diff --git a/rtgui/preferences.cc b/rtgui/preferences.cc
index 97026a617..8130e2dfc 100644
--- a/rtgui/preferences.cc
+++ b/rtgui/preferences.cc
@@ -1133,17 +1133,11 @@ Gtk::Widget* Preferences::getGeneralPanel ()
     navigationGrid->attach_next_to(*panFactorLabel, Gtk::POS_LEFT, 1, 1);
     navigationGrid->attach_next_to(*panFactor, *panFactorLabel, Gtk::POS_RIGHT, 1, 1);
 
-    Gtk::HBox *zoombox = Gtk::manage(new Gtk::HBox());
     rememberZoomPanCheckbutton = Gtk::manage( new Gtk::CheckButton (M("PREFERENCES_REMEMBERZOOMPAN")) );
+    setExpandAlignProperties(rememberZoomPanCheckbutton, false, false, Gtk::ALIGN_START, Gtk::ALIGN_BASELINE);
     rememberZoomPanCheckbutton->set_tooltip_text(M("PREFERENCES_REMEMBERZOOMPAN_TOOLTIP"));
-    extendedZoomLevelsCheckbutton = Gtk::manage( new Gtk::CheckButton (M("PREFERENCES_EXTENDEDZOOMLEVELS") + " (" + M("PREFERENCES_APPLNEXTSTARTUP") + ")") );
-    extendedZoomLevelsCheckbutton->set_tooltip_text(M("PREFERENCES_EXTENDEDZOOMLEVELS_TOOLTIP"));
-    zoombox->set_spacing(10);
-    zoombox->pack_start(*rememberZoomPanCheckbutton);
-    zoombox->pack_start(*extendedZoomLevelsCheckbutton);
-    setExpandAlignProperties(zoombox, false, false, Gtk::ALIGN_START, Gtk::ALIGN_BASELINE);
 
-    navigationGrid->attach_next_to(*zoombox, *panFactorLabel, Gtk::POS_BOTTOM, 2, 1);
+    navigationGrid->attach_next_to(*rememberZoomPanCheckbutton, *panFactorLabel, Gtk::POS_BOTTOM, 2, 1);
 
     fnav->add (*navigationGrid);
     mvbsd->attach_next_to(*fnav, *fclip, Gtk::POS_RIGHT, 1, 1);
@@ -1577,7 +1571,6 @@ void Preferences::storePreferences ()
     moptions.dateFormat          = dateformat->get_text();
     moptions.panAccelFactor      = (int)panFactor->get_value();
     moptions.rememberZoomAndPan = rememberZoomPanCheckbutton->get_active();
-    moptions.extendedZoomLevelsForFit = extendedZoomLevelsCheckbutton->get_active();
     moptions.fbShowDateTime  = showDateTime->get_active ();
     moptions.fbShowBasicExif = showBasicExif->get_active ();
     moptions.fbShowExpComp   = showExpComp->get_active ();
@@ -1800,7 +1793,6 @@ void Preferences::fillPreferences ()
     dateformat->set_text (moptions.dateFormat);
     panFactor->set_value (moptions.panAccelFactor);
     rememberZoomPanCheckbutton->set_active (moptions.rememberZoomAndPan);
-    extendedZoomLevelsCheckbutton->set_active (moptions.extendedZoomLevelsForFit);
     ctiffserialize->set_active(moptions.serializeTiffRead);
 
     setActiveTextOrIndex (*prtProfile, moptions.rtSettings.printerProfile, 0);
diff --git a/rtgui/preferences.h b/rtgui/preferences.h
index 8bcfed2f0..18c8a466b 100644
--- a/rtgui/preferences.h
+++ b/rtgui/preferences.h
@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@ class Preferences : public Gtk::Dialog, public ProfileStoreListener
 
     Gtk::SpinButton*  panFactor;
     Gtk::CheckButton* rememberZoomPanCheckbutton;
-    Gtk::CheckButton* extendedZoomLevelsCheckbutton;
 
     Gtk::ComboBoxText* view;
     Gtk::ComboBoxText* grey;