diff --git a/data/org.gnome.shell.gschema.xml.in.in b/data/org.gnome.shell.gschema.xml.in.in
index 283f8642b..f88a42e33 100644
--- a/data/org.gnome.shell.gschema.xml.in.in
+++ b/data/org.gnome.shell.gschema.xml.in.in
@@ -221,15 +221,6 @@
       </_description>
     </key>
 
-    <key name="button-layout" type="s">
-      <default>":close"</default>
-      <_summary>Arrangement of buttons on the titlebar</_summary>
-      <_description>
-        This key overrides the key in org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences when
-        running GNOME Shell.
-      </_description>
-    </key>
-
     <key name="edge-tiling" type="b">
       <default>true</default>
       <_summary>Enable edge tiling when dropping windows on screen edges</_summary>