diff --git a/data/gui/options_ui.stkgui b/data/gui/options_ui.stkgui
index 859abd40d..479d369d1 100644
--- a/data/gui/options_ui.stkgui
+++ b/data/gui/options_ui.stkgui
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@
                 <spacer height="4" width="10" />
 
                 <div layout="horizontal-row" proportion="1" height="fit">
-                    <checkbox id="perPlayerDifficulty"/>
+                    <checkbox id="show-login"/>
                     <spacer width="20" height="100%" />
-                    <label height="100%" I18N="In the ui settings" text="Enable handicaped users"/>
+                    <label height="100%" I18N="In the ui settings" text="Always show login screen"/>
                 </div>
             </div>
 
@@ -47,17 +47,18 @@
 
             <div layout="horizontal-row" width="100%" height="fit">
                 <div layout="horizontal-row" proportion="1" height="fit">
-                    <checkbox id="show-login"/>
+                    <checkbox id="enable-hw-report"/>
                     <spacer width="20" height="100%" />
-                    <label height="100%" I18N="In the ui settings" text="Always show login screen"/>
+                    <label height="100%" id="label-hw-report" I18N="In the ui settings"
+                           text="Send anonymous HW statistics"/>
                 </div>
 
                 <spacer height="4" width="10" />
 
                 <div layout="horizontal-row" proportion="1" height="fit">
-                    <checkbox id="aiHandicap"/>
+                    <checkbox id="perPlayerDifficulty"/>
                     <spacer width="20" height="100%" />
-                    <label height="100%" I18N="In the ui settings" text="Handicap AI karts"/>
+                    <label height="100%" I18N="In the ui settings" text="Enable handicaped users"/>
                 </div>
             </div>
 
@@ -72,12 +73,7 @@
 
                 <spacer height="4" width="10" />
 
-                <div layout="horizontal-row" proportion="1" height="fit">
-                    <checkbox id="enable-hw-report"/>
-                    <spacer width="20" height="100%" />
-                    <label height="100%" id="label-hw-report" I18N="In the ui settings"
-                           text="Send anonymous HW statistics"/>
-                </div>
+                <!-- Nothing here yet -->
             </div>
 
             <spacer height="18" width="4"/>
diff --git a/src/config/user_config.hpp b/src/config/user_config.hpp
index ea212491a..3867b6479 100644
--- a/src/config/user_config.hpp
+++ b/src/config/user_config.hpp
@@ -681,11 +681,6 @@ namespace UserConfigParams
                             &m_handicap,
                             "If handicapped users can be selected") );
 
-    PARAM_PREFIX BoolUserConfigParam        m_ai_handicap
-            PARAM_DEFAULT(  BoolUserConfigParam(false, "ai_handicap",
-                             &m_handicap,
-                            "If AIs are handicapped") );
-
     // ---- Internet related
 
     PARAM_PREFIX IntUserConfigParam        m_internet_status
diff --git a/src/race/race_manager.cpp b/src/race/race_manager.cpp
index d6c12de4f..27f90a064 100644
--- a/src/race/race_manager.cpp
+++ b/src/race/race_manager.cpp
@@ -349,8 +349,7 @@ void RaceManager::startNew(bool from_overworld)
     for(unsigned int i = 0; i < ai_kart_count; i++)
     {
         m_kart_status.push_back(KartStatus(m_ai_kart_list[i], i, -1, -1,
-            init_gp_rank, KT_AI, UserConfigParams::m_ai_handicap ?
-            PLAYER_DIFFICULTY_HANDICAP : PLAYER_DIFFICULTY_NORMAL));
+            init_gp_rank, KT_AI, PLAYER_DIFFICULTY_NORMAL));
         init_gp_rank ++;
         if(UserConfigParams::m_ftl_debug)
         {
diff --git a/src/states_screens/options_screen_ui.cpp b/src/states_screens/options_screen_ui.cpp
index d5e2de020..7532b06b7 100644
--- a/src/states_screens/options_screen_ui.cpp
+++ b/src/states_screens/options_screen_ui.cpp
@@ -152,9 +152,6 @@ void OptionsScreenUI::init()
     CheckBoxWidget* difficulty = getWidget<CheckBoxWidget>("perPlayerDifficulty");
     assert( difficulty != NULL );
     difficulty->setState( UserConfigParams::m_per_player_difficulty );
-    CheckBoxWidget* ai_handicap = getWidget<CheckBoxWidget>("aiHandicap");
-    assert( ai_handicap != NULL );
-    ai_handicap->setState( UserConfigParams::m_ai_handicap );
 
     CheckBoxWidget* show_login = getWidget<CheckBoxWidget>("show-login");
     assert( show_login!= NULL );
@@ -311,12 +308,6 @@ void OptionsScreenUI::eventCallback(Widget* widget, const std::string& name, con
         assert( difficulty != NULL );
         UserConfigParams::m_per_player_difficulty = difficulty->getState();
     }
-    else if (name=="aiHandicap")
-    {
-        CheckBoxWidget* ai_handicap = getWidget<CheckBoxWidget>("aiHandicap");
-        assert( ai_handicap != NULL );
-        UserConfigParams::m_ai_handicap = ai_handicap->getState();
-    }
     else if (name == "language")
     {
         ListWidget* list_widget = getWidget<ListWidget>("language");