diff --git a/test/common/ops/addTask.js b/test/common/ops/addTask.js
index 771b09a2f5..d8301a4b35 100644
--- a/test/common/ops/addTask.js
+++ b/test/common/ops/addTask.js
@@ -127,14 +127,6 @@ describe('shared.ops.addTask', () => {
       expect(addTask(user)._edit).to.not.be.ok;
     });
 
-    it('respects tagsCollapsed preference', () => {
-      user.preferences.tagsCollapsed = true;
-      expect(addTask(user)._tags).to.not.be.ok;
-
-      user.preferences.tagsCollapsed = false;
-      expect(addTask(user)._tags).to.be.ok;
-    });
-
     it('respects advancedCollapsed preference', () => {
       user.preferences.advancedCollapsed = true;
       expect(addTask(user)._advanced).not.be.ok;
diff --git a/website/client/components/settings/site.vue b/website/client/components/settings/site.vue
index cfb17dea30..e581c591a1 100644
--- a/website/client/components/settings/site.vue
+++ b/website/client/components/settings/site.vue
@@ -42,10 +42,6 @@
       hr
 
       div
-        .checkbox
-          label
-            input(type='checkbox', v-model='user.preferences.tagsCollapsed', @change='set("tagsCollapsed")')
-            span.hint(popover-trigger='mouseenter', popover-placement='right', :popover="$t('startCollapsedPop')") {{ $t('startCollapsed') }}
         .checkbox
           label
             input(type='checkbox', v-model='user.preferences.advancedCollapsed', @change='set("advancedCollapsed")')
diff --git a/website/common/locales/en/settings.json b/website/common/locales/en/settings.json
index 53df6424b1..354e2c1049 100644
--- a/website/common/locales/en/settings.json
+++ b/website/common/locales/en/settings.json
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@
     "dailyDueDefaultView": "Set Dailies default to 'due' tab",
     "dailyDueDefaultViewPop": "With this option set, the Dailies tasks will default to 'due' instead of 'all'",
     "reverseChatOrder": "Show chat messages in reverse order",
-    "startCollapsed": "Tag list in tasks starts collapsed",
-    "startCollapsedPop": "With this option set, the list of task tags will be hidden when you first open a task for editing.",
     "startAdvCollapsed": "Advanced Options in tasks start collapsed",
     "startAdvCollapsedPop": "With this option set, Advanced Options will be hidden when you first open a task for editing.",
     "dontShowAgain": "Don't show this again",
diff --git a/website/common/script/ops/addTask.js b/website/common/script/ops/addTask.js
index e8750159cb..506bde22b8 100644
--- a/website/common/script/ops/addTask.js
+++ b/website/common/script/ops/addTask.js
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ module.exports = function addTask (user, req = {body: {}}) {
   if (task._editing) {
     task._edit = clone(task);
   }
-  task._tags = !user.preferences.tagsCollapsed;
   task._advanced = !user.preferences.advancedCollapsed;
 
   return task;
diff --git a/website/server/models/user/schema.js b/website/server/models/user/schema.js
index eca6bdb4d3..1ea2b4283f 100644
--- a/website/server/models/user/schema.js
+++ b/website/server/models/user/schema.js
@@ -454,7 +454,6 @@ let schema = new Schema({
     disableClasses: {type: Boolean, default: false},
     newTaskEdit: {type: Boolean, default: false},
     dailyDueDefaultView: {type: Boolean, default: false},
-    tagsCollapsed: {type: Boolean, default: false},
     advancedCollapsed: {type: Boolean, default: false},
     toolbarCollapsed: {type: Boolean, default: false},
     reverseChatOrder: {type: Boolean, default: false},