diff --git a/statusnet/statusnet.php b/statusnet/statusnet.php
index a4b539f4..f0099d94 100644
--- a/statusnet/statusnet.php
+++ b/statusnet/statusnet.php
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ function statusnet_settings_post ($a,$post) {
 					set_pconfig(local_user(), 'statusnet', 'consumerkey', $asn['consumerkey'] );
 					set_pconfig(local_user(), 'statusnet', 'consumersecret', $asn['consumersecret'] );
 					set_pconfig(local_user(), 'statusnet', 'baseapi', $asn['apiurl'] );
-					set_pconfig(local_user(), 'statusnet', 'application_name', $asn['applicationname'] );
+					//set_pconfig(local_user(), 'statusnet', 'application_name', $asn['applicationname'] );
 				} else {
 					notice( t('Please contact your site administrator.<br />The provided API URL is not valid.').EOL.$asn['apiurl'].EOL );
 				}
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ function statusnet_settings_post ($a,$post) {
 			set_pconfig(local_user(), 'statusnet', 'consumerkey', $_POST['statusnet-consumerkey']);
 			set_pconfig(local_user(), 'statusnet', 'consumersecret', $_POST['statusnet-consumersecret']);
 			set_pconfig(local_user(), 'statusnet', 'baseapi', $apibase );
-			set_pconfig(local_user(), 'statusnet', 'application_name', $_POST['statusnet-applicationname'] );
+			//set_pconfig(local_user(), 'statusnet', 'application_name', $_POST['statusnet-applicationname'] );
 		} else {
 			//  the API path is not correct, maybe missing trailing / ?
 			$apibase = $apibase . '/';
@@ -328,8 +328,8 @@ function statusnet_settings(&$a,&$s) {
 		$s .= '<label id="statusnet-baseapi-label" for="statusnet-baseapi">'. t("Base API Path \x28remember the trailing /\x29") .'</label>';
 		$s .= '<input id="statusnet-baseapi" type="text" name="statusnet-baseapi" size="35" /><br />';
 		$s .= '<div class="clear"></div>';
-		$s .= '<label id="statusnet-applicationname-label" for="statusnet-applicationname">'.t('StatusNet application name').'</label>';
-		$s .= '<input id="statusnet-applicationname" type="text" name="statusnet-applicationname" size="35" /><br />';
+		//$s .= '<label id="statusnet-applicationname-label" for="statusnet-applicationname">'.t('StatusNet application name').'</label>';
+		//$s .= '<input id="statusnet-applicationname" type="text" name="statusnet-applicationname" size="35" /><br />';
 		$s .= '<p></p><div class="clear"></div>';
 		$s .= '<div class="settings-submit-wrapper" ><input type="submit" name="statusnet-submit" class="settings-submit" value="' . t('Save Settings') . '" /></div>';
 		$s .= '</div>';
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ function statusnet_plugin_admin_post(&$a){
 		    $apiurl=$apiurl.'/';
 		$secret=trim($_POST['secret'][$id]);
 		$key=trim($_POST['key'][$id]);
-		$applicationname = ((x($_POST, 'applicationname')) ? notags(trim($_POST['applicationname'][$id])):'');
+		//$applicationname = ((x($_POST, 'applicationname')) ? notags(trim($_POST['applicationname'][$id])):'');
 		if ($sitename!="" &&
 			$apiurl!="" &&
 			$secret!="" &&
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ function statusnet_plugin_admin_post(&$a){
 					'apiurl' => $apiurl,
 					'consumersecret' => $secret,
 					'consumerkey' => $key,
-					'applicationname' => $applicationname
+					//'applicationname' => $applicationname
 				);
 		}
 	}
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ function statusnet_plugin_admin(&$a, &$o){
 				'apiurl' => Array("apiurl[$id]", "Api url", $s['apiurl'], t("Base API Path \x28remember the trailing /\x29") ),
 				'secret' => Array("secret[$id]", "Secret", $s['consumersecret'], ""),
 				'key' => Array("key[$id]", "Key", $s['consumerkey'], ""),
-				'applicationname' => Array("applicationname[$id]", "Application name", $s['applicationname'], ""),
+				//'applicationname' => Array("applicationname[$id]", "Application name", $s['applicationname'], ""),
 				'delete' => Array("delete[$id]", "Delete", False , "Check to delete this preset"),
 			);
 		}
@@ -681,7 +681,7 @@ function statusnet_plugin_admin(&$a, &$o){
 		'apiurl' => Array("apiurl[$id]", "Api url", "", t("Base API Path \x28remember the trailing /\x29") ),
 		'secret' => Array("secret[$id]", t("Consumer Secret"), "", ""),
 		'key' => Array("key[$id]", t("Consumer Key"), "", ""),
-		'applicationname' => Array("applicationname[$id]", t("Application name"), "", ""),
+		//'applicationname' => Array("applicationname[$id]", t("Application name"), "", ""),
 	);
 
 	$t = get_markup_template( "admin.tpl", "addon/statusnet/" );
diff --git a/statusnet/templates/admin.tpl b/statusnet/templates/admin.tpl
index f8d14c69..1d884b35 100644
--- a/statusnet/templates/admin.tpl
+++ b/statusnet/templates/admin.tpl
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	{{include file="field_input.tpl" field=$s.apiurl}}
 	{{include file="field_input.tpl" field=$s.secret}}
 	{{include file="field_input.tpl" field=$s.key}}
-	{{include file="field_input.tpl" field=$s.applicationname}}
+	<!-- {{include file="field_input.tpl" field=$s.applicationname}} -->
 	{{if $s.delete}}
 		{{include file="field_checkbox.tpl" field=$s.delete}}
 		<hr>
diff --git a/twitter/templates/admin.tpl b/twitter/templates/admin.tpl
index 554ed5a0..d598e888 100644
--- a/twitter/templates/admin.tpl
+++ b/twitter/templates/admin.tpl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {{include file="field_input.tpl" field=$consumerkey}}
 {{include file="field_input.tpl" field=$consumersecret}}
-{{include file="field_input.tpl" field=$applicationname}}
+<!-- {{include file="field_input.tpl" field=$applicationname}} -->
 <div class="submit"><input type="submit" name="page_site" value="{{$submit}}" /></div>
diff --git a/twitter/twitter.php b/twitter/twitter.php
index 16b3ea46..8d7e21fb 100644
--- a/twitter/twitter.php
+++ b/twitter/twitter.php
@@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ function twitter_plugin_admin_post(&$a){
 	$applicationname = ((x($_POST, 'applicationname')) ? notags(trim($_POST['applicationname'])):'');
 	set_config('twitter','consumerkey',$consumerkey);
 	set_config('twitter','consumersecret',$consumersecret);
-	set_config('twitter','application_name',$applicationname);
+	//set_config('twitter','application_name',$applicationname);
 	info( t('Settings updated.'). EOL );
 }
 function twitter_plugin_admin(&$a, &$o){
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ function twitter_plugin_admin(&$a, &$o){
 								// name, label, value, help, [extra values]
 		'$consumerkey' => array('consumerkey', t('Consumer key'),  get_config('twitter', 'consumerkey' ), ''),
 		'$consumersecret' => array('consumersecret', t('Consumer secret'),  get_config('twitter', 'consumersecret' ), ''),
-		'$applicationname' => array('applicationname', t('Name of the Twitter Application'), get_config('twitter','application_name'),t('Set this to the exact name you gave the app on twitter.com/apps to avoid mirroring postings from ~friendica back to ~friendica'))
+		//'$applicationname' => array('applicationname', t('Name of the Twitter Application'), get_config('twitter','application_name'),t('Set this to the exact name you gave the app on twitter.com/apps to avoid mirroring postings from ~friendica back to ~friendica'))
 	));
 }