diff --git a/src/config.coffee b/src/config.coffee
index d0db72711..f0a24bb49 100644
--- a/src/config.coffee
+++ b/src/config.coffee
@@ -685,7 +685,6 @@ class Config
       selector = name
       name = null
 
-    name = "#{name ? ''}+default"
     settingsBySelector = {}
     settingsBySelector[selector] = value
     @scopedSettingsStore.addProperties(name, settingsBySelector)