diff --git a/default/settings.json b/default/settings.json
index 5f5834640..b1fd984e9 100644
--- a/default/settings.json
+++ b/default/settings.json
@@ -164,7 +164,6 @@
         "custom_stopping_strings_macro": true,
         "fuzzy_search": true,
         "encode_tags": false,
-        "lazy_load": 100,
         "ui_mode": 1
     },
     "extension_settings": {
diff --git a/public/i18n.json b/public/i18n.json
index 655a74732..d754614d8 100644
--- a/public/i18n.json
+++ b/public/i18n.json
@@ -1898,7 +1898,6 @@
         "Waifu Mode": "!!!РЕЖИМ ВАЙФУ!!!",
         "Message Timer": "Таймер сообщений",
         "Model Icon": "Показать значки модели",
-        "Lazy Chat Loading": "Ленивая загрузка чата",
         "# of messages (0 = disabled)": "# сообщений (0 = отключено)",
         "Advanced Character Search": "Расширенный поиск персонажей",
         "Allow {{char}}: in bot messages": "Показывать {{char}}: в ответах",
@@ -2895,7 +2894,6 @@
         "Instruct": "Instruct",
         "Instruct Mode": "Modalità Instruct",
         "Last Sequence": "Ultima sequenza",
-        "Lazy Chat Loading": "Caricamento svogliato della chat",
         "Least tokens": "Token minimi",
         "Light": "Leggero",
         "Load koboldcpp order": "Ripristina l'ordine di koboldcpp",
diff --git a/public/index.html b/public/index.html
index 2e1a10f34..4bafe9c99 100644
--- a/public/index.html
+++ b/public/index.html
@@ -2742,7 +2742,7 @@
                                     <span data-i18n="AI Message Blur Tint">AI Message</span>
                                 </div>
                             </div>
-                            <div data-newbie-hidden id="font-blur-UIpresets-block" class="flex-container flexFlowColumn">
+                            <div data-newbie-hidden id="font-blur-UIpresets-block" class="flex-container flexFlowColumn flexNoGap">
                                 <div id="font-scale-block" class="range-block">
                                     <div class="range-block-title" data-i18n="Font Scale">
                                         Font Scale
@@ -2850,22 +2850,6 @@
                                     </div>
                                 </div>
                             </div>
-                            <div data-newbie-hidden class="range-block">
-                                <div class="range-block-title">
-                                    <span data-i18n="Lazy Chat Loading">Lazy Chat Loading</span><br>
-                                    <small data-i18n="# of messages (0 = disabled)"># of messages (0 = disabled)</small>
-                                </div>
-                                <div class="range-block-range-and-counter">
-                                    <div class="range-block-range">
-                                        <input id="lazy_load" class="wide100p" type="range" min="0" max="100" step="10" value="0">
-                                        <div class="slider_hint">
-                                            <span>0</span>
-                                            <span>50</span>
-                                            <span>100</span>
-                                        </div>
-                                    </div>
-                                </div>
-                            </div>
                             <div>
                                 <span data-i18n="Avatar Style">Avatar Style:</span><br>
                                 <label>
diff --git a/public/script.js b/public/script.js
index 6e51fce74..72e962db8 100644
--- a/public/script.js
+++ b/public/script.js
@@ -1173,16 +1173,6 @@ async function printMessages() {
         const item = chat[i];
         addOneMessage(item, { scroll: i === chat.length - 1 });
     }
-
-    if (power_user.lazy_load > 0) {
-        const height = $('#chat').height();
-        const scrollHeight = $('#chat').prop('scrollHeight');
-
-        // Only hide if oveflowing the scroll
-        if (scrollHeight > height) {
-            $('#chat').children('.mes').slice(0, -power_user.lazy_load).hide();
-        }
-    }
 }
 
 function clearChat() {
@@ -7016,17 +7006,6 @@ jQuery(async function () {
         $("#groupCurrentMemberListToggle .inline-drawer-icon").trigger('click');
     }, 200);
 
-    $('#chat').on('scroll', async () => {
-        // if on the start of the chat and has hidden messages
-        if ($('#chat').scrollTop() === 0 && $('#chat').children('.mes').not(':visible').length > 0) {
-            // show next hidden messages
-            const prevHeight = $('#chat').prop('scrollHeight');
-            $('#chat').children('.mes').not(':visible').slice(-power_user.lazy_load).show();
-            const newHeight = $('#chat').prop('scrollHeight');
-            $('#chat').scrollTop(newHeight - prevHeight);
-        }
-    });
-
     $("#chat").on('mousewheel touchstart', () => {
         scrollLock = true;
     });
diff --git a/public/scripts/power-user.js b/public/scripts/power-user.js
index 35940b218..613f6b0db 100644
--- a/public/scripts/power-user.js
+++ b/public/scripts/power-user.js
@@ -205,7 +205,6 @@ let power_user = {
     custom_stopping_strings_macro: true,
     fuzzy_search: false,
     encode_tags: false,
-    lazy_load: 0,
     servers: [],
 };
 
@@ -832,7 +831,6 @@ function loadPowerUserSettings(settings, data) {
     $('#fuzzy_search_checkbox').prop("checked", power_user.fuzzy_search);
     $('#persona_show_notifications').prop("checked", power_user.persona_show_notifications);
     $('#encode_tags').prop("checked", power_user.encode_tags);
-    $('#lazy_load').val(Number(power_user.lazy_load));
 
     $("#console_log_prompts").prop("checked", power_user.console_log_prompts);
     $('#auto_fix_generated_markdown').prop("checked", power_user.auto_fix_generated_markdown);
@@ -2239,11 +2237,6 @@ $(document).ready(() => {
         saveSettingsDebounced();
     });
 
-    $('#lazy_load').on('input', function () {
-        power_user.lazy_load = Number($(this).val());
-        saveSettingsDebounced();
-    });
-
     $('#disable_group_trimming').on('input', function () {
         power_user.disable_group_trimming = !!$(this).prop('checked');
         saveSettingsDebounced();