diff --git a/applets/pager/package/contents/config/main.xml b/applets/pager/package/contents/config/main.xml
--- a/applets/pager/package/contents/config/main.xml
+++ b/applets/pager/package/contents/config/main.xml
@@ -31,15 +31,6 @@
         </choices>
         <default>0</default>
     </entry>
-    <entry name="pagerLayout" type="Enum">
-        <label>The layout style used for the presentation.</label>
-        <choices>
-            <choice name="Default"/>
-            <choice name="Horizontal"/>
-            <choice name="Vertical"/>
-        </choices>
-        <default>0</default>
-    </entry>
   </group>
 
 </kcfg>
diff --git a/applets/pager/package/contents/ui/configGeneral.qml b/applets/pager/package/contents/ui/configGeneral.qml
--- a/applets/pager/package/contents/ui/configGeneral.qml
+++ b/applets/pager/package/contents/ui/configGeneral.qml
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
     property int cfg_displayedText
     property alias cfg_showWindowIcons: showWindowIcons.checked
     property int cfg_currentDesktopSelected
-    property alias cfg_pagerLayout: pagerLayout.currentIndex
     property alias cfg_showOnlyCurrentScreen: showOnlyCurrentScreen.checked
 
     onCfg_displayedTextChanged: {
@@ -132,18 +131,6 @@
         }
 
         QtControls.Label {
-            text: i18n("Layout:")
-            Layouts.Layout.alignment: Qt.AlignVCenter|Qt.AlignRight
-            visible: isActivityPager
-        }
-
-        QtControls.ComboBox {
-            id: pagerLayout
-            model: [i18nc("The pager layout", "Default"), i18n("Horizontal"), i18n("Vertical")]
-            visible: isActivityPager
-        }
-
-        QtControls.Label {
             text: i18n("Selecting current desktop:")
             Layouts.Layout.alignment: Qt.AlignVCenter|Qt.AlignRight
         }
diff --git a/applets/pager/package/contents/ui/main.qml b/applets/pager/package/contents/ui/main.qml
--- a/applets/pager/package/contents/ui/main.qml
+++ b/applets/pager/package/contents/ui/main.qml
@@ -193,27 +193,16 @@
                 return 1;
             }
 
-            var rows=1;
-
-            ///pagerLayout value supports 0-Default, 1-Horizontal, 2-Vertical
-            if(isActivityPager && plasmoid.configuration.pagerLayout !== 0) {
-                if (plasmoid.configuration.pagerLayout === 1){
-                    rows =1;
-                } else if(plasmoid.configuration.pagerLayout === 2){
-                    rows = pagerModel.count;
-                }
-            } else {
-                var columns = Math.floor(pagerModel.count / pagerModel.layoutRows);
+            var columns = Math.floor(pagerModel.count / pagerModel.layoutRows);
 
-                if (pagerModel.count % pagerModel.layoutRows > 0) {
-                    columns += 1;
-                }
+            if (pagerModel.count % pagerModel.layoutRows > 0) {
+                columns += 1;
+            }
 
-                rows = Math.floor(pagerModel.count / columns);
+            var rows = Math.floor(pagerModel.count / columns);
 
-                if (pagerModel.count % columns > 0) {
-                    rows += 1;
-                }
+            if (pagerModel.count % columns > 0) {
+                rows += 1;
             }
 
             return rows;