diff --git a/administrator/components/com_content/config.xml b/administrator/components/com_content/config.xml
index c23160905c9c3..f9641e02943e7 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_content/config.xml
+++ b/administrator/components/com_content/config.xml
@@ -732,13 +732,6 @@
 			default="4"
 		/>
 
-		<field
-			name="num_columns"
-			type="number"
-			label="JGLOBAL_NUM_COLUMNS_LABEL"
-			default="2"
-		/>
-
 		<field
 			name="num_links"
 			type="number"
@@ -746,17 +739,6 @@
 			default="4"
 		/>
 
-		<field
-			name="multi_column_order"
-			type="list"
-			label="JGLOBAL_MULTI_COLUMN_ORDER_LABEL"
-			default="0"
-			showon="num_columns!:,0,1"
-			>
-			<option value="0">JGLOBAL_DOWN</option>
-			<option value="1">JGLOBAL_ACROSS</option>
-		</field>
-
 		<field
 			name="spacer1"
 			type="spacer"
diff --git a/components/com_content/tmpl/featured/default.xml b/components/com_content/tmpl/featured/default.xml
index 204babea8a71d..4e1ffd5a286c6 100644
--- a/components/com_content/tmpl/featured/default.xml
+++ b/components/com_content/tmpl/featured/default.xml
@@ -67,13 +67,6 @@
 				useglobal="true"
 			/>
 
-			<field 
-				name="num_columns" 
-				type="number"
-				label="JGLOBAL_NUM_COLUMNS_LABEL"
-				useglobal="true"
-			/>
-
 			<field 
 				name="num_links" 
 				type="number"
diff --git a/plugins/sampledata/blog/blog.php b/plugins/sampledata/blog/blog.php
index 76a39328c543c..47a1156091036 100644
--- a/plugins/sampledata/blog/blog.php
+++ b/plugins/sampledata/blog/blog.php
@@ -413,9 +413,7 @@ public function onAjaxSampledataApplyStep2()
 					'show_category_title'     => 0,
 					'num_leading_articles'    => 4,
 					'num_intro_articles'      => 0,
-					'num_columns'             => 1,
 					'num_links'               => 2,
-					'multi_column_order'      => 1,
 					'orderby_sec'             => 'rdate',
 					'order_date'              => 'published',
 					'show_pagination'         => 2,