diff --git a/rdiffweb/core/rdw_deamon.py b/rdiffweb/core/rdw_deamon.py
index 9a9d8028b73a4d8f28eab839958b9f0380e630d7..a7d2996027dc42d66c0e448826cc1b76374e2603 100644
--- a/rdiffweb/core/rdw_deamon.py
+++ b/rdiffweb/core/rdw_deamon.py
@@ -117,35 +117,3 @@ class RemoveOlder(Deamon):
         r.execute(b'--force',
                   b'--remove-older-than=' + str(d).encode(encoding='latin1') + b'D',
                   r.full_path)
-        
-
-class UpdateRepos(Deamon):
-    """
-    Plugin to refresh user repos.
-    """
-
-    def __init__(self, bus, app):
-        self.app = app
-        Deamon.__init__(self, bus);
-
-    @property
-    def deamon_frequency(self):
-        """
-        Return the frequency to update user repo. Default to 15min.
-        """
-        value = self.app.cfg.get_config_bool("autoUpdateRepos", "15")
-        if value <= 0:
-            value = 15
-        return value * 60
-
-    def deamon_run(self):
-        """
-        Refresh the user repository
-        """
-        try:
-
-            for user in self.app.userdb.list():
-                find_repos_for_user(user)
-
-        except:
-            _logger.exception("fail to update user repos")
diff --git a/rdiffweb/main.py b/rdiffweb/main.py
index 619814fbe5f20c5b86b760fc3055fd5105265233..be1a686124c2e8bc87c8eafead07b22623163170 100755
--- a/rdiffweb/main.py
+++ b/rdiffweb/main.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import getopt
 import logging
 from rdiffweb import rdw_app
 from rdiffweb.core.config import read_config
-from rdiffweb.core.rdw_deamon import RemoveOlder, UpdateRepos
+from rdiffweb.core.rdw_deamon import RemoveOlder
 import sys
 import tempfile
 import threading
@@ -210,7 +210,6 @@ def start():
 
     # Start deamons
     RemoveOlder(cherrypy.engine, app).subscribe()
-    UpdateRepos(cherrypy.engine, app).subscribe()
     NotificationPlugin(cherrypy.engine, app).subscribe()
 
     # Start web server
diff --git a/rdw.conf b/rdw.conf
index 7fc23d17b6b97b62c43b98c969eb631ffaa82f4a..a6237d3abc1af85e59c3ca8649647a042264f635 100644
--- a/rdw.conf
+++ b/rdw.conf
@@ -55,9 +55,6 @@ Environment=production
 # Send confirmation mail if user changed his email address.
 #EmailSendChangedNotification=true
 
-# Update user repositories every 15 minutes
-# AutoUpdateRepos=15
-
 # If the user/password are valid (found in LDAP) create the user
 # in the database. Default: false
 #AddMissingUser=false