diff --git a/include/znc/Chan.h b/include/znc/Chan.h
index b623a2ea..7794b130 100644
--- a/include/znc/Chan.h
+++ b/include/znc/Chan.h
@@ -120,8 +120,6 @@ public:
 	void SetDefaultModes(const CString& s) { m_sDefaultModes = s; }
 	void SetAutoClearChanBuffer(bool b);
 	void InheritAutoClearChanBuffer(bool b);
-	void SetStripControls(bool b);
-	void InheritStripControls(bool b);
 	void SetDetached(bool b = true) { m_bDetached = b; }
 	void SetInConfig(bool b);
 	void SetCreationDate(unsigned long u) { m_ulCreationDate = u; }
@@ -149,14 +147,12 @@ public:
 	size_t GetNickCount() const { return m_msNicks.size(); }
 	bool AutoClearChanBuffer() const { return m_bAutoClearChanBuffer; }
 	bool IsDetached() const { return m_bDetached; }
-	bool StripControls() const { return m_bStripControls; }
 	bool InConfig() const { return m_bInConfig; }
 	unsigned long GetCreationDate() const { return m_ulCreationDate; }
 	bool IsDisabled() const { return m_bDisabled; }
 	unsigned int GetJoinTries() const { return m_uJoinTries; }
 	bool HasBufferCountSet() const { return m_bHasBufferCountSet; }
 	bool HasAutoClearChanBufferSet() const { return m_bHasAutoClearChanBufferSet; }
-	bool HasStripControlsSet() const { return m_bHasStripControlsSet; }
 	// !Getters
 private:
 protected:
@@ -167,8 +163,6 @@ protected:
 	bool                         m_bDisabled;
 	bool                         m_bHasBufferCountSet;
 	bool                         m_bHasAutoClearChanBufferSet;
-	bool                         m_bStripControls;
-	bool                         m_bHasStripControlsSet;
 	CString                      m_sName;
 	CString                      m_sKey;
 	CString                      m_sTopic;
diff --git a/include/znc/IRCNetwork.h b/include/znc/IRCNetwork.h
index 975b8524..992b3121 100644
--- a/include/znc/IRCNetwork.h
+++ b/include/znc/IRCNetwork.h
@@ -131,9 +131,6 @@ public:
 	void SetIRCConnectEnabled(bool b);
 	bool GetIRCConnectEnabled() const { return m_bIRCConnectEnabled; }
 
-	void SetStripControls(bool b);
-	bool StripControls() const { return m_bStripControls; }
-
 	CIRCSock* GetIRCSock() { return m_pIRCSock; }
 	const CIRCSock* GetIRCSock() const { return m_pIRCSock; }
 	const CString& GetIRCServer() const;
@@ -227,7 +224,6 @@ protected:
 	CString            m_sChanPrefixes;
 
 	bool               m_bIRCConnectEnabled;
-	bool               m_bStripControls;
 	CString            m_sIRCServer;
 	std::vector<CServer*>   m_vServers;
 	size_t             m_uServerIdx; ///< Index in m_vServers of our current server + 1
diff --git a/modules/controlpanel.cpp b/modules/controlpanel.cpp
index 6442bd0e..e27b3dcb 100644
--- a/modules/controlpanel.cpp
+++ b/modules/controlpanel.cpp
@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@ class CAdminMod : public CModule {
 				{"Encoding",            str},
 #endif
 				{"QuitMsg",             str},
-				{"StripControls",       boolean},
 			};
 			PrintVarsHelp(sVarFilter, nvars, ARRAY_SIZE(nvars), "The following variables are available when using the SetNetwork/GetNetwork commands:");
 		}
@@ -133,8 +132,7 @@ class CAdminMod : public CModule {
 				{"Buffer",              integer},
 				{"InConfig",            boolean},
 				{"AutoClearChanBuffer", boolean},
-				{"Detached",            boolean},
-				{"StripControls",       boolean},
+				{"Detached",            boolean}
 			};
 			PrintVarsHelp(sVarFilter, cvars, ARRAY_SIZE(cvars), "The following variables are available when using the SetChan/GetChan commands:");
 		}
@@ -498,8 +496,6 @@ class CAdminMod : public CModule {
 #endif
 		} else if (sVar.Equals("quitmsg")) {
 			PutModule("QuitMsg = " + pNetwork->GetQuitMsg());
-		} else if (sVar.Equals("stripcontrols")) {
-			PutModule("StripControls = " + CString(pNetwork->StripControls()));
 		} else {
 			PutModule("Error: Unknown variable");
 		}
@@ -593,10 +589,6 @@ class CAdminMod : public CModule {
 		} else if (sVar.Equals("quitmsg")) {
 			pNetwork->SetQuitMsg(sValue);
 			PutModule("QuitMsg = " + pNetwork->GetQuitMsg());
-		} else if (sVar == "stripcontrols") {
-			bool b = sValue.ToBool();
-			pNetwork->SetStripControls(b);
-			PutModule("StripControls = " + CString(b));
 		} else {
 			PutModule("Error: Unknown variable");
 		}
@@ -716,12 +708,6 @@ class CAdminMod : public CModule {
 				PutModule(pChan->GetName() + ": AutoClearChanBuffer = " + sValue);
 			} else if (sVar == "detached") {
 				PutModule(pChan->GetName() + ": Detached = " + CString(pChan->IsDetached()));
-			} else if (sVar == "stripcontrols") {
-				CString sValue(pChan->StripControls());
-				if (!pChan->HasStripControlsSet()) {
-					sValue += " (default)";
-				}
-				PutModule(pChan->GetName() + ": StripControls = " + sValue);
 			} else if (sVar == "key") {
 				PutModule(pChan->GetName() + ": Key = " + pChan->GetKey());
 			} else {
@@ -793,10 +779,6 @@ class CAdminMod : public CModule {
 						pChan->AttachUser();
 				}
 				PutModule(pChan->GetName() + ": Detached = " + CString(b));
-			} else if (sVar == "stripcontrols") {
-				bool b = sValue.ToBool();
-				pChan->SetStripControls(b);
-				PutModule(pChan->GetName() + ": StripControls = " + CString(b));
 			} else if (sVar == "key") {
 				pChan->SetKey(sValue);
 				PutModule(pChan->GetName() + ": Key = " + sValue);
diff --git a/modules/data/webadmin/tmpl/add_edit_network.tmpl b/modules/data/webadmin/tmpl/add_edit_network.tmpl
index fa392921..9d7eded8 100644
--- a/modules/data/webadmin/tmpl/add_edit_network.tmpl
+++ b/modules/data/webadmin/tmpl/add_edit_network.tmpl
@@ -129,16 +129,6 @@
 					<? INC encoding_settings.tmpl ?>
 				</div>
 
-				<div class="subsection">
-					<div class="inputlabel">Strip Controls:</div>
-					<div class="checkbox">
-						<input type="checkbox" name="stripcontrols" id="stripcontrols_checkbox"
-							   title="Strips control codes (Colors, Bold, ..) from channel and private messages."
-							<? IF StripControls ?>checked="checked"<? ENDIF ?> />
-						<label for="stripcontrols_checkbox">Enabled</label>
-					</div>
-				</div>
-
 				<div style="clear: both;"></div>
 			</div>
 		</div>
diff --git a/modules/webadmin.cpp b/modules/webadmin.cpp
index 0de853a6..a3a009aa 100644
--- a/modules/webadmin.cpp
+++ b/modules/webadmin.cpp
@@ -666,11 +666,6 @@ public:
 			o4["DisplayName"] = "Disabled";
 			if (pChan && pChan->IsDisabled()) { o4["Checked"] = "true"; }
 
-			CTemplate& o5 = Tmpl.AddRow("OptionLoop");
-			o5["Name"] = "stripcontrols";
-			o5["DisplayName"] = "Strip Controls";
-			if (pChan && pChan->StripControls()) { o5["Checked"] = "true"; }
-
 			FOR_EACH_MODULE(i, pNetwork) {
 				CTemplate& mod = Tmpl.AddRow("EmbeddedModuleLoop");
 				mod.insert(Tmpl.begin(), Tmpl.end());
@@ -734,11 +729,6 @@ public:
 		else
 			pChan->Enable();
 
-		bool bStripControls = WebSock.GetParam("stripcontrols").ToBool();
-		if (pChan->StripControls() != bStripControls) {
-			pChan->SetStripControls(bStripControls);
-		}
-
 		CTemplate TmplMod;
 		TmplMod["User"] = pUser->GetUserName();
 		TmplMod["ChanName"] = pChan->GetName();
@@ -845,7 +835,6 @@ public:
 
 				Tmpl["QuitMsg"] = pNetwork->GetQuitMsg();
 
-				Tmpl["StripControls"] = CString(pNetwork->StripControls());
 				Tmpl["FloodProtection"] = CString(CIRCSock::IsFloodProtected(pNetwork->GetFloodRate()));
 				Tmpl["FloodRate"] = CString(pNetwork->GetFloodRate());
 				Tmpl["FloodBurst"] = CString(pNetwork->GetFloodBurst());
@@ -1007,11 +996,6 @@ public:
 
 		pNetwork->SetJoinDelay(WebSock.GetParam("joindelay").ToUShort());
 
-		bool bStripControls = WebSock.GetParam("stripcontrols").ToBool();
-		if (pNetwork->StripControls() != bStripControls) {
-			pNetwork->SetStripControls(bStripControls);
-		}
-
 #ifdef HAVE_ICU
 		CString sEncodingUtf = WebSock.GetParam("encoding_utf");
 		if (sEncodingUtf == "legacy") {
diff --git a/src/Chan.cpp b/src/Chan.cpp
index bc6e53c7..a6142839 100644
--- a/src/Chan.cpp
+++ b/src/Chan.cpp
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ CChan::CChan(const CString& sName, CIRCNetwork* pNetwork, bool bInConfig, CConfi
 		  m_bDisabled(false),
 		  m_bHasBufferCountSet(false),
 		  m_bHasAutoClearChanBufferSet(false),
-		  m_bStripControls(false),
-		  m_bHasStripControlsSet(false),
 		  m_sName(sName.Token(0)),
 		  m_sKey(sName.Token(1)),
 		  m_sTopic(""),
@@ -70,8 +68,6 @@ CChan::CChan(const CString& sName, CIRCNetwork* pNetwork, bool bInConfig, CConfi
 		if (pConfig->FindStringEntry("disabled", sValue))
 			if (sValue.ToBool())
 				Disable();
-		if (pConfig->FindStringEntry("stripcontrols", sValue))
-			SetStripControls(sValue.ToBool());
 		if (pConfig->FindStringEntry("autocycle", sValue))
 			if (sValue.Equals("true"))
 				CUtils::PrintError("WARNING: AutoCycle has been removed, instead try -> LoadModule = autocycle " + sName);
@@ -110,8 +106,6 @@ CConfig CChan::ToConfig() const {
 		config.AddKeyValuePair("Detached", "true");
 	if (IsDisabled())
 		config.AddKeyValuePair("Disabled", "true");
-	if (m_bHasStripControlsSet)
-		config.AddKeyValuePair("StripControls", CString(StripControls()));
 	if (!GetKey().empty())
 		config.AddKeyValuePair("Key", GetKey());
 	if (!GetDefaultModes().empty())
@@ -124,7 +118,6 @@ void CChan::Clone(CChan& chan) {
 	// We assume that m_sName and m_pNetwork are equal
 	SetBufferCount(chan.GetBufferCount(), true);
 	SetAutoClearChanBuffer(chan.AutoClearChanBuffer());
-	SetStripControls(chan.StripControls());
 	SetKey(chan.GetKey());
 	SetDefaultModes(chan.GetDefaultModes());
 
@@ -269,17 +262,6 @@ void CChan::InheritAutoClearChanBuffer(bool b) {
 	}
 }
 
-void CChan::SetStripControls(bool b) {
-	m_bHasStripControlsSet = true;
-	m_bStripControls = b;
-}
-
-void CChan::InheritStripControls(bool b) {
-	if (!m_bHasStripControlsSet) {
-		m_bStripControls = b;
-	}
-}
-
 void CChan::OnWho(const CString& sNick, const CString& sIdent, const CString& sHost) {
 	CNick* pNick = FindNick(sNick);
 
@@ -414,14 +396,6 @@ CString CChan::GetOptions() const {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (StripControls()) {
-		if (HasStripControlsSet()) {
-			vsRet.push_back("StripControls");
-		} else {
-			vsRet.push_back("StripControls (default)");
-		}
-	}
-
 	return CString(", ").Join(vsRet.begin(), vsRet.end());
 }
 
diff --git a/src/IRCNetwork.cpp b/src/IRCNetwork.cpp
index 887cf900..98ee955d 100644
--- a/src/IRCNetwork.cpp
+++ b/src/IRCNetwork.cpp
@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@ CIRCNetwork::CIRCNetwork(CUser *pUser, const CString& sName)
 		  m_vQueries(),
 		  m_sChanPrefixes(""),
 		  m_bIRCConnectEnabled(true),
-		  m_bStripControls(false),
 		  m_sIRCServer(""),
 		  m_vServers(),
 		  m_uServerIdx(0),
@@ -174,7 +173,6 @@ void CIRCNetwork::Clone(const CIRCNetwork& Network, bool bCloneName) {
 	SetBindHost(Network.GetBindHost());
 	SetEncoding(Network.GetEncoding());
 	SetQuitMsg(Network.GetQuitMsg());
-	SetStripControls(Network.StripControls());
 	m_ssTrustedFingerprints = Network.m_ssTrustedFingerprints;
 
 	// Servers
@@ -343,7 +341,6 @@ bool CIRCNetwork::ParseConfig(CConfig *pConfig, CString& sError, bool bUpgrade)
 		};
 		TOption<bool> BoolOptions[] = {
 			{ "ircconnectenabled", &CIRCNetwork::SetIRCConnectEnabled },
-			{ "stripcontrols", &CIRCNetwork::SetStripControls },
 		};
 		TOption<double> DoubleOptions[] = {
 			{ "floodrate", &CIRCNetwork::SetFloodRate },
@@ -498,7 +495,6 @@ CConfig CIRCNetwork::ToConfig() const {
 	config.AddKeyValuePair("FloodBurst", CString(GetFloodBurst()));
 	config.AddKeyValuePair("JoinDelay", CString(GetJoinDelay()));
 	config.AddKeyValuePair("Encoding", m_sEncoding);
-	config.AddKeyValuePair("StripControls", CString(StripControls()));
 
 	if (!m_sQuitMsg.empty()) {
 		config.AddKeyValuePair("QuitMsg", m_sQuitMsg);
@@ -1258,14 +1254,6 @@ void CIRCNetwork::CheckIRCConnect() {
 		CZNC::Get().AddNetworkToQueue(this);
 }
 
-void CIRCNetwork::SetStripControls(bool b) {
-	for (CChan* pChan : GetChans()) {
-		pChan->InheritStripControls(b);
-	}
-
-	m_bStripControls = b;
-}
-
 bool CIRCNetwork::PutIRC(const CString& sLine) {
 	CIRCSock* pIRCSock = GetIRCSock();
 
diff --git a/src/IRCSock.cpp b/src/IRCSock.cpp
index f33bbf1b..b1603a2e 100644
--- a/src/IRCSock.cpp
+++ b/src/IRCSock.cpp
@@ -687,10 +687,6 @@ void CIRCSock::ReadLine(const CString& sData) {
 				sMsg.RightChomp();
 
 				if (sTarget.Equals(GetNick())) {
-					if (m_pNetwork->StripControls()) {
-						sMsg.StripControls();
-					}
-
 					if (OnCTCPReply(Nick, sMsg)) {
 						return;
 					}
@@ -700,19 +696,10 @@ void CIRCSock::ReadLine(const CString& sData) {
 				return;
 			} else {
 				if (sTarget.Equals(GetNick())) {
-					if (m_pNetwork->StripControls()) {
-						sMsg.StripControls();
-					}
-
 					if (OnPrivNotice(Nick, sMsg)) {
 						return;
 					}
 				} else {
-					CChan* pChan = m_pNetwork->FindChan(sTarget);
-					if (pChan && pChan->StripControls()) {
-						sMsg.StripControls();
-					}
-
 					if (OnChanNotice(Nick, sTarget, sMsg)) {
 						return;
 					}
@@ -757,19 +744,10 @@ void CIRCSock::ReadLine(const CString& sData) {
 				sMsg.RightChomp();
 
 				if (sTarget.Equals(GetNick())) {
-					if (m_pNetwork->StripControls()) {
-						sMsg.StripControls();
-					}
-
 					if (OnPrivCTCP(Nick, sMsg)) {
 						return;
 					}
 				} else {
-					CChan* pChan = m_pNetwork->FindChan(sTarget);
-					if (pChan && pChan->StripControls()) {
-						sMsg.StripControls();
-					}
-
 					if (OnChanCTCP(Nick, sTarget, sMsg)) {
 						return;
 					}
@@ -779,19 +757,10 @@ void CIRCSock::ReadLine(const CString& sData) {
 				return;
 			} else {
 				if (sTarget.Equals(GetNick())) {
-					if (m_pNetwork->StripControls()) {
-						sMsg.StripControls();
-					}
-
 					if (OnPrivMsg(Nick, sMsg)) {
 						return;
 					}
 				} else {
-					CChan* pChan = m_pNetwork->FindChan(sTarget);
-					if (pChan && pChan->StripControls()) {
-						sMsg.StripControls();
-					}
-
 					if (OnChanMsg(Nick, sTarget, sMsg)) {
 						return;
 					}