diff --git a/src/lib/app/browserwindow.cpp b/src/lib/app/browserwindow.cpp
index dd4230402..ce3ff88a1 100644
--- a/src/lib/app/browserwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/app/browserwindow.cpp
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ void BrowserWindow::loadSettings()
     //Browser Window settings
     settings.beginGroup("Browser-View-Settings");
     bool showStatusBar = settings.value("showStatusBar", false).toBool();
-    bool showBookmarksToolbar = settings.value("showBookmarksToolbar", true).toBool();
+    bool showBookmarksToolbar = settings.value("showBookmarksToolbar", false).toBool();
     bool showNavigationToolbar = settings.value("showNavigationToolbar", true).toBool();
     bool showMenuBar = settings.value("showMenubar", false).toBool();
 
diff --git a/src/lib/data/data/bookmarks.json b/src/lib/data/data/bookmarks.json
index ad1c57da8..ebe667391 100644
--- a/src/lib/data/data/bookmarks.json
+++ b/src/lib/data/data/bookmarks.json
@@ -1,43 +1,7 @@
 {
  "roots": {
   "bookmark_bar": {
-   "children": [
-    {
-     "description": "Source code of Falkon",
-     "keyword": "falkon-git",
-     "name": "Falkon Git",
-     "type": "url",
-     "url": "https://phabricator.kde.org/source/falkon/",
-     "visit_count": 0
-    },
-    {
-     "description": "KDE Bug Tracker for Falkon",
-     "keyword": "falkon-bugs",
-     "name": "Falkon Bug Tracker",
-     "type": "url",
-     "url": "https://bugs.kde.org/describecomponents.cgi?product=Falkon",
-     "visit_count": 0
-    },
-    {
-     "description": "Falkon KDE UserBase Wiki",
-     "keyword": "falkon-wiki",
-     "name": "Falkon Wiki",
-     "type": "url",
-     "url": "https://userbase.kde.org/Falkon",
-     "visit_count": 0
-    },
-    {
-     "type": "separator"
-    },
-    {
-     "description": "KDE Community Home",
-     "keyword": "kde-home",
-     "name": "KDE Homepage",
-     "type": "url",
-     "url": "https://www.kde.org/",
-     "visit_count": 0
-    }
-   ],
+   "children": [ ],
    "description": "Bookmarks located in Bookmarks Toolbar",
    "expanded": true,
    "expanded_sidebar": true,