diff --git a/docs/customizing-atom.md b/docs/customizing-atom.md
index 1ac25fa77..c9a8e161e 100644
--- a/docs/customizing-atom.md
+++ b/docs/customizing-atom.md
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ directory, which contains CoffeeScript-style JSON:
 
 ```coffeescript
 core:
-  hideGitIgnoredFiles: true
+  excludeVcsIgnoredPaths: true
 editor:
   fontSize: 18
 ```
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ namespaces: `core` and `editor`.
 - `core`
   - `disabledPackages`: An array of package names to disable
   - `excludeVcsIgnoredPaths`: Don't search within files specified by _.gitignore_
-  - `hideGitIgnoredFiles`: Whether files in the _.gitignore_ should be hidden
   - `ignoredNames`: File names to ignore across all of Atom
   - `projectHome`: The directory where projects are assumed to be located
   - `themes`: An array of theme names to load, in cascading order
diff --git a/src/workspace-view.coffee b/src/workspace-view.coffee
index 22f260b22..c43d54e3f 100644
--- a/src/workspace-view.coffee
+++ b/src/workspace-view.coffee
@@ -118,8 +118,6 @@ class WorkspaceView extends View
     @command 'window:save-all', => @saveAll()
     @command 'window:toggle-invisibles', =>
       atom.config.toggle("editor.showInvisibles")
-    @command 'window:toggle-ignored-files', =>
-      atom.config.toggle("core.hideGitIgnoredFiles")
 
     @command 'window:toggle-auto-indent', =>
       atom.config.toggle("editor.autoIndent")