diff --git a/r2/example.ini b/r2/example.ini
index 836274efd..4759de005 100644
--- a/r2/example.ini
+++ b/r2/example.ini
@@ -588,8 +588,6 @@ announcement_message =
 sidebar_message =
 # an info message placed in the sidebar for gold users
 gold_sidebar_message =
-# spotlight links for subreddit discovery
-sr_discovery_links = 
 # probability of the subreddit suggester showing up in the spotlight box
 # for users that have at some point edited their subscriptions:
 spotlight_interest_sub_p = .05