diff --git a/src/dialog/settings.cpp b/src/dialog/settings.cpp
index 135d541..a3fef51 100644
--- a/src/dialog/settings.cpp
+++ b/src/dialog/settings.cpp
@@ -41,10 +41,6 @@ SettingsDialog::SettingsDialog(QWidget *parent) : QDialog(parent)
     m_replayGain->setChecked(AppSettings::instance().replayGainEnabled());
     playLayout->addRow(m_replayGain);
 
-    m_gapless = new QCheckBox(tr("Gapless playback (pre-fetch next track)"), playGroup);
-    m_gapless->setChecked(AppSettings::instance().gaplessEnabled());
-    playLayout->addRow(m_gapless);
-
     layout->addWidget(playGroup);
 
     // --- Last.fm group ---
@@ -100,7 +96,6 @@ void SettingsDialog::applyChanges()
 {
     AppSettings::instance().setPreferredFormat(m_formatBox->currentData().toInt());
     AppSettings::instance().setReplayGainEnabled(m_replayGain->isChecked());
-    AppSettings::instance().setGaplessEnabled(m_gapless->isChecked());
     AppSettings::instance().setLastFmEnabled(m_lastFmEnabled->isChecked());
     AppSettings::instance().setLastFmApiKey(m_lastFmApiKey->text().trimmed());
     AppSettings::instance().setLastFmApiSecret(m_lastFmApiSecret->text().trimmed());
diff --git a/src/dialog/settings.hpp b/src/dialog/settings.hpp
index 10ff78b..534b4cb 100644
--- a/src/dialog/settings.hpp
+++ b/src/dialog/settings.hpp
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ private:
     // Playback
     QComboBox *m_formatBox      = nullptr;
     QCheckBox *m_replayGain     = nullptr;
-    QCheckBox *m_gapless        = nullptr;
 
     // Last.fm
     QCheckBox  *m_lastFmEnabled    = nullptr;
diff --git a/src/mainwindow.cpp b/src/mainwindow.cpp
index 6683484..3174f3d 100644
--- a/src/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -269,8 +269,8 @@ void MainWindow::onTrackChanged(const QJsonObject &track)
     statusBar()->showMessage(
         artist.isEmpty() ? title : QStringLiteral("▶  %1 — %2").arg(artist, title));
 
-    // Gapless: prefetch next track URL so it starts immediately
-    if (AppSettings::instance().gaplessEnabled() && m_queue->canGoNext()) {
+    // Prefetch next track URL to minimise the gap between tracks
+    if (m_queue->canGoNext()) {
         const auto upcoming = m_queue->upcomingTracks(1);
         if (!upcoming.isEmpty()) {
             const qint64 nextId = static_cast<qint64>(upcoming.first()["id"].toDouble());
diff --git a/src/util/settings.hpp b/src/util/settings.hpp
index e637ac6..49828dc 100644
--- a/src/util/settings.hpp
+++ b/src/util/settings.hpp
@@ -38,9 +38,6 @@ public:
     bool replayGainEnabled() const     { return m_settings.value("playback/replaygain", false).toBool(); }
     void setReplayGainEnabled(bool v)  { m_settings.setValue("playback/replaygain", v); }
 
-    bool gaplessEnabled() const        { return m_settings.value("playback/gapless", false).toBool(); }
-    void setGaplessEnabled(bool v)     { m_settings.setValue("playback/gapless", v); }
-
     // --- Last.fm ---
     bool    lastFmEnabled()   const  { return m_settings.value("lastfm/enabled", false).toBool(); }
     void    setLastFmEnabled(bool v) { m_settings.setValue("lastfm/enabled", v); }