diff --git a/synapse/config/email.py b/synapse/config/email.py
deleted file mode 100644
index f0854f8c3..000000000
--- a/synapse/config/email.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# Copyright 2014, 2015 OpenMarket Ltd
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-from ._base import Config
-
-
-class EmailConfig(Config):
-
-    def __init__(self, args):
-        super(EmailConfig, self).__init__(args)
-        self.email_from_address = args.email_from_address
-        self.email_smtp_server = args.email_smtp_server
-
-    @classmethod
-    def add_arguments(cls, parser):
-        super(EmailConfig, cls).add_arguments(parser)
-        email_group = parser.add_argument_group("email")
-        email_group.add_argument(
-            "--email-from-address",
-            default="FROM@EXAMPLE.COM",
-            help="The address to send emails from (e.g. for password resets)."
-        )
-        email_group.add_argument(
-            "--email-smtp-server",
-            default="",
-            help=(
-                "The SMTP server to send emails from (e.g. for password"
-                " resets)."
-            )
-        )
diff --git a/synapse/config/homeserver.py b/synapse/config/homeserver.py
index 3edfadb98..efbdd93c2 100644
--- a/synapse/config/homeserver.py
+++ b/synapse/config/homeserver.py
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ from .database import DatabaseConfig
 from .ratelimiting import RatelimitConfig
 from .repository import ContentRepositoryConfig
 from .captcha import CaptchaConfig
-from .email import EmailConfig
 from .voip import VoipConfig
 from .registration import RegistrationConfig
 from .metrics import MetricsConfig
@@ -29,7 +28,7 @@ from .appservice import AppServiceConfig
 
 class HomeServerConfig(TlsConfig, ServerConfig, DatabaseConfig, LoggingConfig,
                        RatelimitConfig, ContentRepositoryConfig, CaptchaConfig,
-                       EmailConfig, VoipConfig, RegistrationConfig,
+                       VoipConfig, RegistrationConfig,
                        MetricsConfig, AppServiceConfig,):
     pass