diff --git a/development.ini b/development.ini
--- a/development.ini
+++ b/development.ini
@@ -178,9 +178,6 @@ use_htsts = false
 ## number of commits stats will parse on each iteration
 commit_parse_limit = 25
 
-## use gravatar service to display avatars
-use_gravatar = true
-
 ## path to git executable
 git_path = git
 
@@ -215,35 +212,10 @@ api_access_controllers_whitelist =
 #    FilesController:raw,
 #    FilesController:archivefile
 
-## alternative_gravatar_url allows you to use your own avatar server application
-## the following parts of the URL will be replaced
-## {email}        user email
-## {md5email}     md5 hash of the user email (like at gravatar.com)
-## {size}         size of the image that is expected from the server application
-## {scheme}       http/https from Kallithea server
-## {netloc}       network location from Kallithea server
-#alternative_gravatar_url = http://myavatarserver.com/getbyemail/{email}/{size}
-#alternative_gravatar_url = http://myavatarserver.com/getbymd5/{md5email}?s={size}
-
-
-## container auth options
-container_auth_enabled = false
-proxypass_auth_enabled = false
-
 ## default encoding used to convert from and to unicode
 ## can be also a comma seperated list of encoding in case of mixed encodings
 default_encoding = utf8
 
-## overwrite schema of clone url
-## available vars:
-## scheme - http/https
-## user - current user
-## pass - password
-## netloc - network location
-## path - usually repo_name
-
-#clone_uri = {scheme}://{user}{pass}{netloc}{path}
-
 ## issue tracker for Kallithea (leave blank to disable, absent for default)
 #bugtracker = https://bitbucket.org/conservancy/kallithea/issues