diff --git a/config/config.def.c b/config/config.def.c
index e971737d..1bc122c0 100644
--- a/config/config.def.c
+++ b/config/config.def.c
@@ -110,8 +110,6 @@ Settings config = {
     .fixed_num_lines   = FALSE,
     /** Do not use history */
     .disable_history   = FALSE,
-    /** Use levenshtein sorting when matching */
-    .levenshtein_sort  = FALSE,
     /** Case sensitivity of the search */
     .case_sensitive    = FALSE,
     /** Separator to use for dmenu mode */
diff --git a/include/rofi.h b/include/rofi.h
index da6c5cf7..e6612a84 100644
--- a/include/rofi.h
+++ b/include/rofi.h
@@ -210,8 +210,6 @@ typedef struct _Settings
     unsigned int   fixed_num_lines;
     /** Do not use history */
     unsigned int   disable_history;
-    /** Use levenshtein sorting when matching */
-    unsigned int   levenshtein_sort;
     /** Search case sensitivity */
     unsigned int   case_sensitive;
     /** Separator to use for dmenu mode */
diff --git a/source/rofi.c b/source/rofi.c
index d22eb54c..b470e5c5 100644
--- a/source/rofi.c
+++ b/source/rofi.c
@@ -141,59 +141,6 @@ static inline MainLoopEvent wait_for_xevent_or_timeout ( Display *display, int x
  * Levenshtein Sorting.
  */
 
-static int lev_sort ( const void *p1, const void *p2, void *arg )
-{
-    const int *a         = p1;
-    const int *b         = p2;
-    int       *distances = arg;
-
-    return distances[*a] - distances[*b];
-}
-
-static int dist ( const char *s, const char *t, int *d, int ls, int lt, int i, int j )
-{
-    if ( d[i * ( lt + 1 ) + j] >= 0 ) {
-        return d[i * ( lt + 1 ) + j];
-    }
-
-    int x;
-    if ( i == ls ) {
-        x = lt - j;
-    }
-    else if ( j == lt ) {
-        x = ls - i;
-    }
-    else if ( s[i] == t[j] ) {
-        x = dist ( s, t, d, ls, lt, i + 1, j + 1 );
-    }
-    else {
-        x = dist ( s, t, d, ls, lt, i + 1, j + 1 );
-
-        int y;
-        if ( ( y = dist ( s, t, d, ls, lt, i, j + 1 ) ) < x ) {
-            x = y;
-        }
-        if ( ( y = dist ( s, t, d, ls, lt, i + 1, j ) ) < x ) {
-            x = y;
-        }
-        x++;
-    }
-    return d[i * ( lt + 1 ) + j] = x;
-}
-static int levenshtein ( const char *s, const char *t )
-{
-    int    ls           = strlen ( s ), lt = strlen ( t );
-    size_t array_length = ( ls + 1 ) * ( lt + 1 );
-
-    // For some reason Coverity does not get that I initialize the
-    // array in for loop.
-    int d[array_length];
-    for ( size_t i = 0; i < array_length; i++ ) {
-        d[i] = -1;
-    }
-
-    return dist ( s, t, d, ls, lt, 0, 0 );
-}
 
 // State of the menu.
 
@@ -224,7 +171,6 @@ typedef struct MenuState
     textbox      *case_indicator;
     textbox      **boxes;
     scrollbar    *scrollbar;
-    int          *distance;
     unsigned int *line_map;
 
     unsigned int num_lines;
@@ -306,7 +252,6 @@ static void menu_free_state ( MenuState *state )
 
     g_free ( state->boxes );
     g_free ( state->line_map );
-    g_free ( state->distance );
 }
 
 /**
@@ -729,15 +674,9 @@ static void menu_refilter ( MenuState *state )
             // If each token was matched, add it to list.
             if ( match ) {
                 state->line_map[j] = i;
-                if ( config.levenshtein_sort ) {
-                    state->distance[i] = levenshtein ( state->text->text, state->lines[i] );
-                }
                 j++;
             }
         }
-        if ( config.levenshtein_sort ) {
-            g_qsort_with_data ( state->line_map, j, sizeof ( int ), lev_sort, state->distance );
-        }
 
         // Cleanup + bookkeeping.
         state->filtered_lines = j;
@@ -999,7 +938,6 @@ MenuReturn menu ( Switcher *sw, char **input, char *prompt, unsigned int *select
         .prev_key          =             0,
         .last_button_press =             0,
         .last_offset       =             0,
-        .distance          = NULL,
         .quit              = FALSE,
         .skip_absorb       = FALSE,
         .filtered_lines    =             0,
@@ -1111,9 +1049,6 @@ MenuReturn menu ( Switcher *sw, char **input, char *prompt, unsigned int *select
     scrollbar_set_max_value ( state.scrollbar, state.num_lines );
     // filtered list
     state.line_map = g_malloc0_n ( state.num_lines, sizeof ( unsigned int ) );
-    if ( config.levenshtein_sort ) {
-        state.distance = (int *) g_malloc0_n ( state.num_lines, sizeof ( int ) );
-    }
 
     // resize window vertically to suit
     // Subtract the margin of the last row.
@@ -1406,7 +1341,6 @@ void error_dialog ( const char *msg, int markup )
         .last_button_press =           0,
         .last_offset       =           0,
         .num_lines         =           0,
-        .distance          = NULL,
         .quit              = FALSE,
         .skip_absorb       = FALSE,
         .filtered_lines    =           0,
diff --git a/source/xrmoptions.c b/source/xrmoptions.c
index 1ea219ba..7e144de0 100644
--- a/source/xrmoptions.c
+++ b/source/xrmoptions.c
@@ -113,7 +113,6 @@ static XrmOption xrmOptions[] = {
     { xrm_String,  "run-shell-command",    { .str  = &config.run_shell_command       }, NULL },
 
     { xrm_Boolean, "disable-history",      { .num  = &config.disable_history         }, NULL },
-    { xrm_Boolean, "levenshtein-sort",     { .num  = &config.levenshtein_sort        }, NULL },
     { xrm_Boolean, "case-sensitive",       { .num  = &config.case_sensitive          }, NULL },
     { xrm_Boolean, "sidebar-mode",         { .num  = &config.sidebar_mode            }, NULL },
     { xrm_Number,  "lazy-filter-limit",    { .num  = &config.lazy_filter_limit       }, NULL },