diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/user.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/user.js
index f7be1f75a4..7088433927 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/user.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/user.js
@@ -437,15 +437,7 @@ Discourse.User = Discourse.Model.extend({
         });
       }
     }, function () {});
-  },
-
-  githubProfileUrl: function(){
-
-    var screenName = this.get('github_screen_name');
-    if(screenName) {
-      return "https://github.com/" + screenName;
-    }
-  }.property()
+  }
 
 });
 
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/user-card.hbs b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/user-card.hbs
index ebf1de9c21..b20a196bad 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/user-card.hbs
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/user-card.hbs
@@ -57,9 +57,6 @@
   <div class="metadata">
     <h3><span class='desc'>{{i18n last_post}}</span> {{format-date path="user.last_posted_at" leaveAgo="true"}} </h3>
     <h3><span class='desc'>{{i18n joined}}</span> {{format-date path="user.created_at" leaveAgo="true"}}</h3>
-    {{#if user.githubProfileUrl}}
-      <h3><a href="{{unbound user.githubProfileUrl}}">{{i18n user.github_profile}}</a></h3>
-    {{/if}}
   </div>
   {{/if}}
 
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/user/user.hbs b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/user/user.hbs
index 75f4fd5b73..062fa51f9f 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/user/user.hbs
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/user/user.hbs
@@ -150,10 +150,6 @@
                 {{/if}}
               </dd>
             {{/if}}
-            {{#if github_screen_name}}
-            <dt>GitHub</dt>
-            <dd><a href="{{unbound githubProfileUrl}}">{{github_screen_name}}</a></dd>
-            {{/if}}
           </dl>
           {{plugin-outlet "user-profile-secondary"}}
         </div>
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/user.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/user.scss
index da9d689aee..c06d52a22a 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/user.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/user.scss
@@ -215,9 +215,6 @@
         overflow: hidden;
         text-overflow: ellipsis;
         color: $primary;
-        a {
-          color: $primary;
-        }
       }
 
       dt {
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/mobile/user.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/mobile/user.scss
index 33071abf67..7acd33b644 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/mobile/user.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/mobile/user.scss
@@ -257,9 +257,6 @@
         overflow: hidden;
         text-overflow: ellipsis;
         color: $primary;
-        a {
-          color: $primary;
-        }
       }
 
       dt {
diff --git a/app/serializers/user_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/user_serializer.rb
index 1b17b06eb8..00d5f27dce 100644
--- a/app/serializers/user_serializer.rb
+++ b/app/serializers/user_serializer.rb
@@ -48,8 +48,7 @@ class UserSerializer < BasicUserSerializer
              :has_title_badges,
              :edit_history_public,
              :custom_fields,
-             :user_fields,
-             :github_screen_name
+             :user_fields
 
   has_one :invited_by, embed: :object, serializer: BasicUserSerializer
   has_many :custom_groups, embed: :object, serializer: BasicGroupSerializer
@@ -89,11 +88,6 @@ class UserSerializer < BasicUserSerializer
   ###
   ### ATTRIBUTES
   ###
-  def github_screen_name
-    if SiteSetting.public_github_screen_name
-      object.github_user_info && object.github_user_info.screen_name
-    end
-  end
 
   def include_email?
     object.id && object.id == scope.user.try(:id)
diff --git a/config/locales/server.en.yml b/config/locales/server.en.yml
index 0dac266c15..67a2df56b8 100644
--- a/config/locales/server.en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/server.en.yml
@@ -808,7 +808,6 @@ en:
     facebook_app_secret: "App secret for Facebook authentication, registered at https://developers.facebook.com/apps"
 
     enable_github_logins: "Enable Github authentication, requires github_client_id and github_client_secret"
-    public_github_screen_name: "Display Github screen names publicly in the forum (on user page and profile)"
     github_client_id: "Client id for Github authentication, registered at https://github.com/settings/applications"
     github_client_secret: "Client secret for Github authentication, registered at https://github.com/settings/applications"
 
diff --git a/config/site_settings.yml b/config/site_settings.yml
index b97fae5f7f..2274aa2350 100644
--- a/config/site_settings.yml
+++ b/config/site_settings.yml
@@ -212,7 +212,6 @@ login:
   enable_github_logins:
     client: true
     default: false
-  public_github_screen_name: true
   github_client_id:
     default: ''
     regex: "^[a-f0-9]*$"