diff --git a/ebean-api/src/main/java/io/ebean/config/DatabaseConfig.java b/ebean-api/src/main/java/io/ebean/config/DatabaseConfig.java
index 8c25f2014..8abaf3d13 100644
--- a/ebean-api/src/main/java/io/ebean/config/DatabaseConfig.java
+++ b/ebean-api/src/main/java/io/ebean/config/DatabaseConfig.java
@@ -526,11 +526,6 @@ public class DatabaseConfig {
 
   private ProfilingConfig profilingConfig = new ProfilingConfig();
 
-  /**
-   * Controls the default order by id setting of queries. See {@link Query#orderById(boolean)}
-   */
-  private boolean defaultOrderById;
-
   /**
    * The mappingLocations for searching xml mapping.
    */
@@ -595,22 +590,6 @@ public class DatabaseConfig {
     this.slowQueryListener = slowQueryListener;
   }
 
-
-  /**
-   * Deprecated - look to have explicit order by. Sets the default orderById setting for queries.
-   */
-  @Deprecated
-  public void setDefaultOrderById(boolean defaultOrderById) {
-    this.defaultOrderById = defaultOrderById;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Returns the default orderById setting for queries.
-   */
-  public boolean isDefaultOrderById() {
-    return defaultOrderById;
-  }
-
   /**
    * Put a service object into configuration such that it can be used by ebean or a plugin.
    * <p>
@@ -2327,8 +2306,6 @@ public class DatabaseConfig {
    * <p>
    * If no classes are specified then the classes are found automatically via
    * searching the class path.
-   * <p>
-   * Alternatively the classes can be added via {@link #setClasses(List)}.
    *
    * @param cls the entity type (or other type) that should be registered by this database.
    */
@@ -2942,7 +2919,6 @@ public class DatabaseConfig {
     jdbcFetchSizeFindEach = p.getInt("jdbcFetchSizeFindEach", jdbcFetchSizeFindEach);
     jdbcFetchSizeFindList = p.getInt("jdbcFetchSizeFindList", jdbcFetchSizeFindList);
     databasePlatformName = p.get("databasePlatformName", databasePlatformName);
-    defaultOrderById = p.getBoolean("defaultOrderById", defaultOrderById);
 
     uuidVersion = p.getEnum(UuidVersion.class, "uuidVersion", uuidVersion);
     uuidStateFile = p.get("uuidStateFile", uuidStateFile);
diff --git a/ebean-core/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/querydefn/DefaultOrmQuery.java b/ebean-core/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/querydefn/DefaultOrmQuery.java
index 45866375d..e5e6b8e5a 100644
--- a/ebean-core/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/querydefn/DefaultOrmQuery.java
+++ b/ebean-core/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/querydefn/DefaultOrmQuery.java
@@ -169,7 +169,6 @@ public class DefaultOrmQuery<T> extends AbstractQuery implements SpiQuery<T> {
     this.rootBeanDescriptor = desc;
     this.beanType = desc.type();
     this.server = server;
-    this.orderById = server.config().isDefaultOrderById();
     this.disableLazyLoading = server.config().isDisableLazyLoading();
     this.expressionFactory = expressionFactory;
     this.detail = new OrmQueryDetail();