diff --git a/zproject/settings.py b/zproject/settings.py
index 2c4dfb3714..c58bb9814d 100644
--- a/zproject/settings.py
+++ b/zproject/settings.py
@@ -146,7 +146,6 @@ DEFAULT_SETTINGS = {'TWITTER_CONSUMER_KEY': '',
                     'AUTH_LDAP_SERVER_URI': "",
                     'EXTERNAL_URI_SCHEME': "https://",
                     'ZULIP_COM': False,
-                    'ZULIP_COM_STAGING': False,
                     'STATSD_HOST': '',
                     'OPEN_REALM_CREATION': False,
                     'REMOTE_POSTGRES_HOST': '',