diff --git a/application/config/config.php b/application/config/config.php
index 6dc870ba..12c21fab 100644
--- a/application/config/config.php
+++ b/application/config/config.php
@@ -362,17 +362,6 @@ $config['cookie_domain'] = '';
 $config['cookie_path'] = '/';
 $config['cookie_secure'] = strpos($config['base_url'], 'https') !== FALSE;
 
-/*
-|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-| Global XSS Filtering
-|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-|
-| Determines whether the XSS filter is always active when GET, POST or
-| COOKIE data is encountered
-|
-*/
-$config['global_xss_filtering'] = TRUE;
-
 /*
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 | Cross Site Request Forgery