diff --git a/app/models/site_setting.rb b/app/models/site_setting.rb
index 527aadac84e..ecaf743b5c6 100644
--- a/app/models/site_setting.rb
+++ b/app/models/site_setting.rb
@@ -69,9 +69,6 @@ class SiteSetting < ActiveRecord::Base
   setting(:access_password)
   setting(:queue_jobs, !Rails.env.test?)
   setting(:crawl_images, !Rails.env.test?)
-  setting(:enable_imgur, false)
-  setting(:imgur_client_id, '')
-  setting(:imgur_endpoint, "https://api.imgur.com/3/image.json")
   setting(:max_image_width, 690)
   client_setting(:category_featured_topics, 6)
   setting(:topics_per_page, 30)
diff --git a/app/models/upload.rb b/app/models/upload.rb
index de7226a5334..ebcde0bc6ec 100644
--- a/app/models/upload.rb
+++ b/app/models/upload.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 require 'digest/sha1'
 require 'image_sizer'
-require 'imgur'
 require 's3'
 require 'local_store'
 
@@ -39,7 +38,6 @@ class Upload < ActiveRecord::Base
   end
 
   def self.store_file(file, image_info, upload_id)
-    return Imgur.store_file(file, image_info, upload_id) if SiteSetting.enable_imgur?
     return S3.store_file(file, image_info, upload_id)    if SiteSetting.enable_s3_uploads?
     return LocalStore.store_file(file, image_info, upload_id)
   end
diff --git a/config/locales/server.cs.yml b/config/locales/server.cs.yml
index 440f8d95dfd..8b51fb26856 100644
--- a/config/locales/server.cs.yml
+++ b/config/locales/server.cs.yml
@@ -462,10 +462,6 @@ cs:
     queue_jobs: "Zařazovat úlohy do fronty v sidekiq, není-li nastaveno, jsou úlohy vyřizovány okamžitě"
     crawl_images: "Povolit získávání obrázků z webů třetích stran"
     ninja_edit_window: "Jak rychle smíte udělat změnu, aniž by se uložila jako nová verze"
-    enable_imgur: "Používat imgur pro ukládání obrázků, nehostovat obrázky lokálně"
-    imgur_client_id: "Přístupový klíč 'client ID' pro imgur.com - vyžadováno pro upload obrázků"
-    imgur_client_secret: "Přístupový klíč 'client secret' pro imgur.com - vyžadováno pro upload obrázků"
-    imgur_endpoint: "Koncový bod pro upload obrázků na imgur.com"
     max_image_width: "Maximální šířka obrázku v příspěvku"
     category_featured_topics: "Počet témat zobrazených v seznamu kategorií"
     add_rel_nofollow_to_user_content: "Přidávat 'rel nofollow' do uživatelského obsahu, mimo interních odkazů (včetně nadřazené domény) změna tohoto nastavení vyžaduje přegenerování všech MarkDownových textů"
diff --git a/config/locales/server.da.yml b/config/locales/server.da.yml
index 04d482a9677..bcccfc3cdd0 100644
--- a/config/locales/server.da.yml
+++ b/config/locales/server.da.yml
@@ -310,9 +310,6 @@ da:
     queue_jobs: "Queue various jobs in sidekiq, if false queues are inline"
     crawl_images: "Enable retrieving images from third party sources to insert width and height dimensions"
     ninja_edit_window: "Number of seconds after posting where edits do not create a new version"
-    enable_imgur: "Enable imgur api for uploading, don't host files locally"
-    imgur_api_key: "Your imgur.com api key, required for image upload to function"
-    imgur_endpoint: "End point for uploading imgur.com images"
     max_image_width: "Maximum allowed width of images in a post"
     category_featured_topics: "Number of topics displayed per category in the /categories page"
     add_rel_nofollow_to_user_content: "Add rel nofollow to all submitted user content, except for internal links (including parent domains) changing this requires you update all your baked markdown"
diff --git a/config/locales/server.de.yml b/config/locales/server.de.yml
index 6d7692c5f7b..624e916f9df 100644
--- a/config/locales/server.de.yml
+++ b/config/locales/server.de.yml
@@ -443,10 +443,6 @@ de:
     queue_jobs: "Benutze die Sidekiq-Queue, falls falsche Queues inline sind."
     crawl_images: "Lade Bilder von Dritten herunter, um ihre Höhe und Breite zu bestimmen."
     ninja_edit_window: "Sekunden nach Empfang eines Beitrag, in denen Bearbeitungen nicht als neue Version gelten."
-    enable_imgur: "Aktiviere die Imgur API zum Hochladen, so dass Dateien nicht lokal gehostet werden."
-    imgur_client_id: "Deine imgur.com Client-ID. Wird benötigt, um Bilder hochzuladen."
-    imgur_client_secret: "Dein imgur.com Geheimniss. Wird zur Zeit für das Hochladen der Bilder nicht benötigt, könnte aber in Zukunft benötigt werden."
-    imgur_endpoint: "Endknoten für das Hochladen von imgur.com-Bildern."
     max_image_width: "Maximalbreite von Bildern in einem Beitrag."
     category_featured_topics: "Zahl der angezeigten Themen je Kategorie auf der Kategorieseite /categories."
     add_rel_nofollow_to_user_content: "Füge mit Ausnahme interner Links allen nutzergenerierten Inhalten 'rel nofollow' hinzu (inkludiert übergeordnete Domains). Die Änderung dieser Einstellung erfordert, dass Du sämtliche Markdown-Beiträge aktualisierst."
diff --git a/config/locales/server.en.yml b/config/locales/server.en.yml
index 537902f47aa..ac60017d8aa 100644
--- a/config/locales/server.en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/server.en.yml
@@ -447,10 +447,6 @@ en:
     queue_jobs: "Queue various jobs in sidekiq, if false queues are inline"
     crawl_images: "Enable retrieving images from third party sources to insert width and height dimensions"
     ninja_edit_window: "Number of seconds after posting where edits do not create a new version"
-    enable_imgur: "Enable imgur api for uploading, don't host files locally"
-    imgur_client_id: "Your imgur.com client ID, required for image upload to function"
-    imgur_client_secret: "Your imgur.com client secret. Not currently required for image upload to function, but may be at some point."
-    imgur_endpoint: "End point for uploading imgur.com images"
     max_image_width: "Maximum allowed width of images in a post"
     category_featured_topics: "Number of topics displayed per category in the /categories page"
     add_rel_nofollow_to_user_content: "Add rel nofollow to all submitted user content, except for internal links (including parent domains) changing this requires you update all your baked markdown (<code>rake posts:rebake</code>)"
diff --git a/config/locales/server.es.yml b/config/locales/server.es.yml
index db21ab92d1a..c22826d8b13 100644
--- a/config/locales/server.es.yml
+++ b/config/locales/server.es.yml
@@ -298,9 +298,6 @@ es:
     queue_jobs: "Encolar varios trabajos en sidekiq, si es falso las colas serán en linea"
     crawl_images: "Activar obtener imágenes de origines third party para insertar las dimensiones de ancho y alto"
     ninja_edit_window: "Número de segundos after postear donde las ediciones no causan una nueva versión"
-    enable_imgur: "Activar imgur api para subidas, no almacenes ficheros localmente"
-    imgur_api_key: "Tu imgur.com api key, requerida para la función de subida de imágenes"
-    imgur_endpoint: "End point para la subida de imagenes de imgur.com"
     max_image_width: "Máximo ancho permitido en las imágenes de un post"
     category_featured_topics: "Número de topics mostrados por categoría en la página /categories"
     add_rel_nofollow_to_user_content: "Añadir rel nofollow a todo el contenido subido por usuarios, exceptuando los links internos (incluyendo dominios padres) changing this requires you update all your baked markdown"
diff --git a/config/locales/server.fr.yml b/config/locales/server.fr.yml
index a0b96e3e7d8..ddd907807e2 100644
--- a/config/locales/server.fr.yml
+++ b/config/locales/server.fr.yml
@@ -442,10 +442,6 @@ fr:
     queue_jobs: "mettre les différents jobs en attente sur différentes queues, si false les queues sont en file"
     crawl_images: "permettre la récupération des images provenant de sources tierces"
     ninja_edit_window: "temps d'édition avant de sauvegarder une nouvelle version, en secondes."
-    enable_imgur: "utiliser l'envoi des images avec l'API imgur, ne pas stocker les fichiers localement"
-    imgur_client_id: "Votre ID client imgur.com. Requis pour que l'envoi d'images fonctionne."
-    imgur_client_secret: "Votre secret imgur.com. Pas nécessaire pour que l'envoi d'image fonctionne, mais pourrais le devenir."
-    imgur_endpoint: "point d'arrêt pour le chargement d'images sur imgur.com"
     max_image_width: "largeur maximale des images d'un message"
     category_featured_topics: "nombre de discussions affichées dans la liste par catégories"
     add_rel_nofollow_to_user_content: "Ajouter rel nofollow à tous les contenus des utilisateurs, sauf les liens internes (incluant les domaines parents) Modifier ceci requiert une mise à jour de tout votre markdown (<code>rake posts:rebake</code>)"
diff --git a/config/locales/server.id.yml b/config/locales/server.id.yml
index 36b829ef890..ad35c4ceeef 100644
--- a/config/locales/server.id.yml
+++ b/config/locales/server.id.yml
@@ -313,9 +313,6 @@ id:
     queue_jobs: "Queue various jobs in sidekiq, if false queues are inline"
     crawl_images: "Enable retrieving images from third party sources to insert width and height dimensions"
     ninja_edit_window: "Number of seconds after posting where edits do not create a new version"
-    enable_imgur: "Enable imgur api for uploading, don't host files locally"
-    imgur_api_key: "Your imgur.com api key, required for image upload to function"
-    imgur_endpoint: "End point for uploading imgur.com images"
     max_image_width: "Maximum allowed width of images in a post"
     category_featured_topics: "Number of topics displayed per category in the /categories page"
     add_rel_nofollow_to_user_content: "Add rel nofollow to all submitted user content, except for internal links (including parent domains) changing this requires you update all your baked markdown"
diff --git a/config/locales/server.it.yml b/config/locales/server.it.yml
index f5436335ce1..f03c6af8c3e 100644
--- a/config/locales/server.it.yml
+++ b/config/locales/server.it.yml
@@ -429,10 +429,6 @@ it:
     queue_jobs: "Metti in coda diversi job in sidekiq, se false le code sono inline"
     crawl_images: "Abilita la ricezione di immagini da sorgenti terze parti"
     ninja_edit_window: "Numero di secondi trascorsi affinché una modifica del post appena inviato, non venga considerata come nuova revisione"
-    enable_imgur: "Utilizza le api imgur per l'upload, non salvare file in locale"
-    imgur_client_id: "Your imgur.com client ID, required for image upload to function"
-    imgur_client_secret: "Your imgur.com client secret. Not currently required for image upload to function, but may be at some point."
-    imgur_endpoint: "End point per l'upload di immagini su img.ur"
     max_image_width: "Larghezza massima delle immagini in un post"
     category_featured_topics: "Numero di topic mostrati per categoira nella pagina /categories"
     add_rel_nofollow_to_user_content: "Aggiungi l'attributo rel nofollow a tutti i contenuti degli utenti, tranne per i link interni (compresi i domini di livello superiore). Modificare questa opzione comporta l'aggiornamento di tutto il contenuto markdown salvato"
diff --git a/config/locales/server.nl.yml b/config/locales/server.nl.yml
index c7d0c2e8215..f9e7e5deb0c 100644
--- a/config/locales/server.nl.yml
+++ b/config/locales/server.nl.yml
@@ -445,10 +445,6 @@ nl:
     queue_jobs: "Zet verschillende taken in een queue binnen sidekiq, bij 'false' worden taken ineens uitgevoerd"
     crawl_images: Zet het ophalen van afbeeldingen van externe bronnen aan
     ninja_edit_window: "Hoe snel je een aanpassing kan maken zonder dat er een nieuwe versie wordt opgeslagen, in seconden."
-    enable_imgur: "Gebruik de imgur API voor uploads en sla afbeeldingen niet lokaal op"
-    imgur_client_id: "Je imgur.com client ID, nodig om afbeeldingen te kunnen uploaden naar imgur" 
-    imgur_client_secret: "Je imgur.com client secret. Is nog niet nodig voor het uploaden van afbeeldingen, maar dat zou in de toekomst kunnen veranderen." 
-    imgur_endpoint: "End point voor het uploaden van imgur.com-afbeeldingen"
     max_image_width: Maximale breedte voor een afbeelding in een bericht
     category_featured_topics: Aantal topics dat wordt weergegeven in de categorielijst
     add_rel_nofollow_to_user_content: "Voeg 'rel nofollow' toe aan alle leden-content behalve voor interne links (inclusief parent domeinen). NB: Als je dit verandert, moet je ook alle 'baked markdown' updaten"
diff --git a/config/locales/server.pseudo.yml b/config/locales/server.pseudo.yml
index 950b8b092c8..7b9c989ad25 100644
--- a/config/locales/server.pseudo.yml
+++ b/config/locales/server.pseudo.yml
@@ -491,12 +491,6 @@ pseudo:
       ŵíďťĥ áɳď ĥéíǧĥť ďíɱéɳšíóɳš ]]'
     ninja_edit_window: '[[ Ѝůɱƀéř óƒ šéčóɳďš áƒťéř ƿóšťíɳǧ ŵĥéřé éďíťš ďó ɳóť čřéáťé
       á ɳéŵ νéřšíóɳ ]]'
-    enable_imgur: '[[ Éɳáƀłé íɱǧůř áƿí ƒóř ůƿłóáďíɳǧ, ďóɳ''ť ĥóšť ƒíłéš łóčáłłý ]]'
-    imgur_client_id: '[[ Ýóůř íɱǧůř.čóɱ čłíéɳť ÍĎ, řéƣůířéď ƒóř íɱáǧé ůƿłóáď ťó ƒůɳčťíóɳ
-      ]]'
-    imgur_client_secret: '[[ Ýóůř íɱǧůř.čóɱ čłíéɳť šéčřéť. Ѝóť čůřřéɳťłý řéƣůířéď
-      ƒóř íɱáǧé ůƿłóáď ťó ƒůɳčťíóɳ, ƀůť ɱáý ƀé áť šóɱé ƿóíɳť. ]]'
-    imgur_endpoint: '[[ Éɳď ƿóíɳť ƒóř ůƿłóáďíɳǧ íɱǧůř.čóɱ íɱáǧéš ]]'
     max_image_width: '[[ Ϻáхíɱůɱ áłłóŵéď ŵíďťĥ óƒ íɱáǧéš íɳ á ƿóšť ]]'
     category_featured_topics: '[[ Ѝůɱƀéř óƒ ťóƿíčš ďíšƿłáýéď ƿéř čáťéǧóřý íɳ ťĥé /čáťéǧóříéš
       ƿáǧé ]]'
diff --git a/config/locales/server.pt.yml b/config/locales/server.pt.yml
index 3f77f5002d0..2c2e353be8c 100644
--- a/config/locales/server.pt.yml
+++ b/config/locales/server.pt.yml
@@ -250,9 +250,6 @@ pt:
     queue_jobs: "'queue' vários 'jobs' no sidekiq, if false queues are inline"
     crawl_images: "permitir mostrar imagens de sites terceiros"
     ninja_edit_window: "quão rápido é possivél fazer uma alteração sem guardar uma nova versão, em segundos."
-    enable_imgur: "permitir imgur api para uploading, não guardar ficheiros localmente"
-    imgur_api_key: "chave para imgur.com api - necessária para image upload"
-    imgur_endpoint: "end point para uploading imgur.com images"
     max_image_width: "máxima largura para uma imagem num post"
     category_featured_topics: "numero de tópicos mostrados na lista de categorias"
     popup_delay: "Espaço de tempo em ms antes dos popus aparecer no ecrã"
diff --git a/config/locales/server.sv.yml b/config/locales/server.sv.yml
index a68031c42a3..79b28621200 100644
--- a/config/locales/server.sv.yml
+++ b/config/locales/server.sv.yml
@@ -352,9 +352,6 @@ sv:
     queue_jobs: "Köa diverse jobb i sidekiq, om urkryssat så körs köer infogat"
     crawl_images: "Aktivera hämtning av bilder från tredjepartskällor för att infoga bredd och höjd"
     ninja_edit_window: "Antal sekunder efter ett inlägg när en ändring inte skapar en ny version"
-    enable_imgur: "Aktivera imgur.coms API för uppladdning, sparar inte filer lokalt"
-    imgur_api_key: "Din API-nyckel för imgur.com, krävs för att bilduppladdningen ska funka"
-    imgur_endpoint: "Ändpunkt för uppladdning av bilder till imgur.com"
     max_image_width: "Maxbredd för bilder i ett inlägg"
     category_featured_topics: "Antal visade trådar per kategori på sidan /categories"
     add_rel_nofollow_to_user_content: "Lägg till rel nofollow på allt användargenererat innehåll, förutom interna länkar (inkluderat förälderdomäner) så kräver en ändring av detta att du uppdaterar all bakad markdown"
diff --git a/config/locales/server.zh_CN.yml b/config/locales/server.zh_CN.yml
index c72f7d4dda2..ad9f70410b1 100644
--- a/config/locales/server.zh_CN.yml
+++ b/config/locales/server.zh_CN.yml
@@ -443,10 +443,6 @@ zh_CN:
     queue_jobs: "如果失败队列在排队，使用 Sidekiq 消息引擎对不同的工作排队"
     crawl_images: "允许从第三方获取图片来插入宽、高数值"
     ninja_edit_window: "在多少秒钟之内，对帖子的多次编辑不生成新版本"
-    enable_imgur: "启用 Imgur API 来上传文件，不在本地（站点服务器）保存文件"
-    imgur_client_id: "你的imgur.com的客户端ID，以便图片上传能正常工作。"
-    imgur_client_secret: "你的imgur.com的客户端secret。 目前图片上传功能并不需要这项信息，但是将来的某天可能需要。"
-    imgur_endpoint: "上传图片到 imgur.com 的终点"
     max_image_width: "帖子中图片允许的最大宽度"
     category_featured_topics: "在分类 /categories 页面每个分类显示的主题数目"
     add_rel_nofollow_to_user_content: "添加 rel nofollow 标签到所有提交的用户信息（以防止搜索引擎搜集），除了内部链接（包括父域名）。修改此设置将要求你更新所有已有的 markdown 标签内容"
diff --git a/config/locales/server.zh_TW.yml b/config/locales/server.zh_TW.yml
index d2cce05e6fd..a2de07316db 100644
--- a/config/locales/server.zh_TW.yml
+++ b/config/locales/server.zh_TW.yml
@@ -429,10 +429,6 @@ zh_TW:
     queue_jobs: "如果失敗隊列在排隊，使用 Sidekiq 消息引擎對不同的工作排隊"
     crawl_images: "允許從第三方獲取圖片來插入寬、高數值"
     ninja_edit_window: "在多少秒鍾之內，對帖子的多次編輯不生成新版本"
-    enable_imgur: "啓用 Imgur API 來上傳文件，不在本地（站點服務器）保存文件"
-    imgur_client_id: "你的imgur.com的客戶端ID，以便圖片上傳能正常工作。"
-    imgur_client_secret: "你的imgur.com的客戶端secret。 目前圖片上傳功能並不需要這項信息，但是將來的某天可能需要。"
-    imgur_endpoint: "上傳圖片到 imgur.com 的終點"
     max_image_width: "帖子中圖片允許的最大寬度"
     category_featured_topics: "在分類 /categories 頁面每個分類顯示的主題數目"
     add_rel_nofollow_to_user_content: "添加 rel nofollow 標簽到所有提交的用戶信息（以防止搜索引擎搜集），除了內部鏈接（包括父域名）。修改此設置將要求你更新所有已有的 markdown 標簽內容"
diff --git a/lib/cooked_post_processor.rb b/lib/cooked_post_processor.rb
index 8391712900f..3c348a12870 100644
--- a/lib/cooked_post_processor.rb
+++ b/lib/cooked_post_processor.rb
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ class CookedPostProcessor
     # 7. Optimise images should be a seperate site setting.
 
     # supports only local uploads
-    return src if SiteSetting.enable_imgur? || SiteSetting.enable_s3_uploads?
+    return src if SiteSetting.enable_s3_uploads?
 
     width, height = img["width"].to_i, img["height"].to_i
 
diff --git a/lib/imgur.rb b/lib/imgur.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 68dc91b6d30..00000000000
--- a/lib/imgur.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-require 'rest_client'
-
-module Imgur
-
-  def self.store_file(file, image_info, upload_id)
-    raise Discourse::SiteSettingMissing.new("imgur_endpoint")   if SiteSetting.imgur_endpoint.blank?
-    raise Discourse::SiteSettingMissing.new("imgur_client_id")  if SiteSetting.imgur_client_id.blank?
-
-    @imgur_loaded = require 'imgur' unless @imgur_loaded
-
-    blob = file.read
-
-    response = RestClient.post(
-      SiteSetting.imgur_endpoint, 
-      { image: Base64.encode64(blob) }, 
-      { 'Authorization' => "Client-ID #{SiteSetting.imgur_client_id}" }
-    )
-
-    json = JSON.parse(response.body)['data'] rescue nil
-
-    return nil if json.blank?
-    return json['link']
-  end
-
-end
diff --git a/spec/components/imgur_spec.rb b/spec/components/imgur_spec.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 0b8bada2cd8..00000000000
--- a/spec/components/imgur_spec.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-require 'spec_helper'
-require 'imgur'
-
-describe Imgur do
-
-  describe "store_file" do
-
-    let(:file) { Rails.root.join('app', 'assets', 'images', 'logo.png') }
-    let(:image_info) { FastImage.new(file) }
-    let(:params) { [SiteSetting.imgur_endpoint, { image: Base64.encode64(file.read) }, { 'Authorization' => "Client-ID #{SiteSetting.imgur_client_id}" }] }
-
-    before(:each) do 
-      SiteSetting.stubs(:imgur_endpoint).returns("imgur_endpoint")
-      SiteSetting.stubs(:imgur_client_id).returns("imgur_client_id")
-    end
-
-    it 'returns the url of the Imgur upload if successful' do
-      json = {
-        data: {
-          id: 'fake',
-          link: 'http://imgur.com/fake.png',
-          deletehash: 'a3kaoad30'
-        },
-        success: true,
-        status: 200
-      }.to_json
-
-      response = mock
-      response.expects(:body).returns(json)
-      RestClient.expects(:post).with(*params).returns(response)
-
-      Imgur.store_file(file, image_info, 1).should == 'http://imgur.com/fake.png'
-    end
-
-    it 'returns nil if the request fails' do
-      json = {
-        success: false,
-        status: 400
-      }.to_json
-
-      response = mock
-      response.expects(:body).returns(json)
-      RestClient.expects(:post).with(*params).returns(response)
-
-      Imgur.store_file(file, image_info, 1).should be_nil
-    end
-
-  end
-
-end
diff --git a/spec/models/upload_spec.rb b/spec/models/upload_spec.rb
index b91436323aa..2e53f69fdf4 100644
--- a/spec/models/upload_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/upload_spec.rb
@@ -37,16 +37,6 @@ describe Upload do
       end
     end
 
-    context "imgur" do
-      before(:each) do
-        SiteSetting.stubs(:enable_imgur?).returns(true)
-        Imgur.stubs(:store_file).returns(url)
-      end
-
-      it_behaves_like "upload"
-
-    end
-
     context "s3" do
       before(:each) do 
         SiteSetting.stubs(:enable_s3_uploads?).returns(true)