diff --git a/drkonqi/debuggermanager.cpp b/drkonqi/debuggermanager.cpp
--- a/drkonqi/debuggermanager.cpp
+++ b/drkonqi/debuggermanager.cpp
@@ -77,22 +77,7 @@
 bool DebuggerManager::showExternalDebuggers() const
 {
     KConfigGroup config(KSharedConfig::openConfig(), "DrKonqi");
-    bool showDebugger = config.readEntry("ShowDebugButton", false);
-
-    // TODO: remove all these compatibility code when KDE SC 4.11
-    // is considered as totally outdated
-    //
-    //for compatibility with drkonqi 1.0, if "ShowDebugButton" is not specified in the config
-    //and the old "ConfigName" key exists and is set to "developer", we show the debug button.
-    if (!config.hasKey("ShowDebugButton") &&
-        config.readEntry("ConfigName") == QLatin1String("developer")) {
-        showDebugger = true;
-        // migrate and remove the long deprecated entry
-        config.writeEntry("ShowDebugButton", true);
-        config.deleteEntry("ConfigName");
-    }
-
-    return showDebugger;
+    return config.readEntry("ShowDebugButton", false);
 }
 
 QList<AbstractDebuggerLauncher*> DebuggerManager::availableExternalDebuggers() const