diff --git a/src/gui/addnewtorrentdialog.cpp b/src/gui/addnewtorrentdialog.cpp
index a01fac943..b46719a8d 100644
--- a/src/gui/addnewtorrentdialog.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/addnewtorrentdialog.cpp
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@
 
 #define SETTINGS_KEY(name) "AddNewTorrentDialog/" name
 const QString KEY_ENABLED = SETTINGS_KEY("Enabled");
-const QString KEY_DEFAULTSAVEPATH = SETTINGS_KEY("DefaultSavePath");
 const QString KEY_DEFAULTCATEGORY = SETTINGS_KEY("DefaultCategory");
 const QString KEY_TREEHEADERSTATE = SETTINGS_KEY("TreeHeaderState");
 const QString KEY_WIDTH = SETTINGS_KEY("Width");
@@ -394,7 +393,7 @@ void AddNewTorrentDialog::onSavePathChanged(int index)
     ui->defaultSavePathCheckBox->setChecked(false);
     ui->defaultSavePathCheckBox->setVisible(
                 QDir(ui->savePathComboBox->itemData(ui->savePathComboBox->currentIndex()).toString())
-                != QDir(defaultSavePath()));
+                != QDir(BitTorrent::Session::instance()->defaultSavePath()));
 
     // Remember index
     m_oldIndex = index;
@@ -567,7 +566,7 @@ void AddNewTorrentDialog::setdialogPosition()
 
 void AddNewTorrentDialog::populateSavePathComboBox()
 {
-    QString defSavePath = defaultSavePath();
+    QString defSavePath = BitTorrent::Session::instance()->defaultSavePath();
 
     ui->savePathComboBox->clear();
     ui->savePathComboBox->addItem(Utils::Fs::toNativePath(defSavePath), defSavePath);
@@ -645,10 +644,8 @@ void AddNewTorrentDialog::accept()
     if (ui->comboTTM->currentIndex() != 1) { // 0 is Manual mode and 1 is Automatic mode. Handle all non 1 values as manual mode.
         params.savePath = savePath;
         saveSavePathHistory();
-        if (ui->defaultSavePathCheckBox->isChecked()) {
-            settings()->storeValue(KEY_DEFAULTSAVEPATH, savePath);
+        if (ui->defaultSavePathCheckBox->isChecked())
             BitTorrent::Session::instance()->setDefaultSavePath(savePath);
-        }
     }
 
     setEnabled(!ui->never_show_cb->isChecked());
@@ -746,13 +743,6 @@ void AddNewTorrentDialog::setupTreeview()
     setdialogPosition();
 }
 
-QString AddNewTorrentDialog::defaultSavePath() const
-{
-    return Utils::Fs::fromNativePath(
-                settings()->loadValue(KEY_DEFAULTSAVEPATH,
-                                      BitTorrent::Session::instance()->defaultSavePath()).toString());
-}
-
 void AddNewTorrentDialog::handleDownloadFailed(const QString &url, const QString &reason)
 {
     MessageBoxRaised::critical(0, tr("Download Error"), QString("Cannot download '%1': %2").arg(url).arg(reason));
diff --git a/src/gui/addnewtorrentdialog.h b/src/gui/addnewtorrentdialog.h
index 20938896b..0853f565f 100644
--- a/src/gui/addnewtorrentdialog.h
+++ b/src/gui/addnewtorrentdialog.h
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ private:
     void saveState();
     void setMetadataProgressIndicator(bool visibleIndicator, const QString &labelText = QString());
     void setupTreeview();
-    QString defaultSavePath() const;
     void setCommentText(const QString &str) const;
 
     void showEvent(QShowEvent *event) override;