diff --git a/configs/development.ini b/configs/development.ini
--- a/configs/development.ini
+++ b/configs/development.ini
@@ -186,10 +186,6 @@ force_https = false
 ## use Strict-Transport-Security headers
 use_htsts = false
 
-## git rev filter option, --all is the default filter, if you need to
-## hide all refs in changelog switch this to --branches --tags
-git_rev_filter = --branches --tags
-
 # Set to true if your repos are exposed using the dumb protocol
 git_update_server_info = false
 
diff --git a/configs/production.ini b/configs/production.ini
--- a/configs/production.ini
+++ b/configs/production.ini
@@ -161,10 +161,6 @@ force_https = false
 ## use Strict-Transport-Security headers
 use_htsts = false
 
-## git rev filter option, --all is the default filter, if you need to
-## hide all refs in changelog switch this to --branches --tags
-git_rev_filter = --branches --tags
-
 # Set to true if your repos are exposed using the dumb protocol
 git_update_server_info = false
 
diff --git a/rhodecode/config/middleware.py b/rhodecode/config/middleware.py
--- a/rhodecode/config/middleware.py
+++ b/rhodecode/config/middleware.py
@@ -572,7 +572,6 @@ def _sanitize_vcs_settings(settings):
     settings.
     """
     _string_setting(settings, 'vcs.svn.compatible_version', '')
-    _string_setting(settings, 'git_rev_filter', '--all')
     _string_setting(settings, 'vcs.hooks.protocol', 'http')
     _string_setting(settings, 'vcs.hooks.host', '127.0.0.1')
     _string_setting(settings, 'vcs.scm_app_implementation', 'http')
diff --git a/rhodecode/config/utils.py b/rhodecode/config/utils.py
--- a/rhodecode/config/utils.py
+++ b/rhodecode/config/utils.py
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ def configure_vcs(config):
     conf.settings.HOOKS_PROTOCOL = config['vcs.hooks.protocol']
     conf.settings.HOOKS_HOST = config['vcs.hooks.host']
     conf.settings.HOOKS_DIRECT_CALLS = config['vcs.hooks.direct_calls']
-    conf.settings.GIT_REV_FILTER = shlex.split(config['git_rev_filter'])
     conf.settings.DEFAULT_ENCODINGS = config['default_encoding']
     conf.settings.ALIASES[:] = config['vcs.backends']
     conf.settings.SVN_COMPATIBLE_VERSION = config['vcs.svn.compatible_version']
diff --git a/rhodecode/lib/vcs/conf/settings.py b/rhodecode/lib/vcs/conf/settings.py
--- a/rhodecode/lib/vcs/conf/settings.py
+++ b/rhodecode/lib/vcs/conf/settings.py
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ Internal settings for vcs-lib
 # list of default encoding used in safe_unicode/safe_str methods
 DEFAULT_ENCODINGS = ['utf8']
 
-# Optional arguments to rev-filter, it has to be a list
-# It can also be ['--branches', '--tags']
-GIT_REV_FILTER = ['--all']
 
 # Compatibility version when creating SVN repositories. None means newest.
 # Other available options are: pre-1.4-compatible, pre-1.5-compatible,
diff --git a/rhodecode/tests/config/test_sanitize_settings.py b/rhodecode/tests/config/test_sanitize_settings.py
--- a/rhodecode/tests/config/test_sanitize_settings.py
+++ b/rhodecode/tests/config/test_sanitize_settings.py
@@ -115,7 +115,6 @@ class TestSanitizeVcsSettings(object):
 
     _string_settings = [
         ('vcs.svn.compatible_version', ''),
-        ('git_rev_filter', '--all'),
         ('vcs.hooks.protocol', 'http'),
         ('vcs.hooks.host', '127.0.0.1'),
         ('vcs.scm_app_implementation', 'http'),
diff --git a/rhodecode/tests/rhodecode.ini b/rhodecode/tests/rhodecode.ini
--- a/rhodecode/tests/rhodecode.ini
+++ b/rhodecode/tests/rhodecode.ini
@@ -145,10 +145,6 @@ force_https = false
 ## use Strict-Transport-Security headers
 use_htsts = false
 
-## git rev filter option, --all is the default filter, if you need to
-## hide all refs in changelog switch this to --branches --tags
-git_rev_filter = --all
-
 # Set to true if your repos are exposed using the dumb protocol
 git_update_server_info = false