diff --git a/src/misc.cpp b/src/misc.cpp
index a91adfd99..ff0b5825e 100644
--- a/src/misc.cpp
+++ b/src/misc.cpp
@@ -432,33 +432,6 @@ QString misc::updateLabelInSavePath(const QString& defaultSavePath, const QStrin
   return new_save_path;
 }
 
-void misc::moveToXDGFolders() {
-  QDir old_qBtPath(QDir::homePath().replace("\\","/")+"/"+".qbittorrent");
-  if(old_qBtPath.exists()) {
-    // Copy BT_backup folder
-    const QString old_BTBackupPath = old_qBtPath.absoluteFilePath("BT_backup");
-    if(QDir(old_BTBackupPath).exists()) {
-      copyDir(old_BTBackupPath, BTBackupLocation());
-    }
-    // Copy search engine folder
-    const QString old_searchPath = old_qBtPath.absoluteFilePath("nova");
-    if(QDir(old_searchPath).exists()) {
-      copyDir(old_searchPath, searchEngineLocation());
-    }
-    // Copy *_state files
-    if(QFile::exists(old_qBtPath.absoluteFilePath("dht_state"))) {
-      QFile::copy(old_qBtPath.absoluteFilePath("dht_state"), QDir(cacheLocation()).absoluteFilePath("dht_state"));
-      safeRemove(old_qBtPath.absoluteFilePath("dht_state"));
-    }
-    if(QFile::exists(old_qBtPath.absoluteFilePath("ses_state"))) {
-      QFile::copy(old_qBtPath.absoluteFilePath("ses_state"), QDir(cacheLocation()).absoluteFilePath("ses_state"));
-      safeRemove(old_qBtPath.absoluteFilePath("ses_state"));
-    }
-    // Remove .qbittorrent folder if empty
-    QDir::home().rmdir(".qbittorrent");
-  }
-}
-
 QString misc::toValidFileSystemName(QString filename) {
   qDebug("toValidFSName: %s", qPrintable(filename));
   filename = filename.replace("\\", "/").trimmed();
diff --git a/src/misc.h b/src/misc.h
index 3af3bfb75..ab5c5c2de 100644
--- a/src/misc.h
+++ b/src/misc.h
@@ -127,9 +127,6 @@ public:
 
   static bool sameFiles(const QString &path1, const QString &path2);
   static void copyDir(QString src_path, QString dst_path);
-  // Introduced in v2.1.0 for backward compatibility
-  // Remove after some releases
-  static void moveToXDGFolders();
   static QString toValidFileSystemName(QString filename);
   static bool isValidFileSystemName(QString filename);
 
diff --git a/src/qtlibtorrent/qbtsession.cpp b/src/qtlibtorrent/qbtsession.cpp
index 1b589cd9b..7707cfc58 100644
--- a/src/qtlibtorrent/qbtsession.cpp
+++ b/src/qtlibtorrent/qbtsession.cpp
@@ -92,15 +92,11 @@ QBtSession::QBtSession()
   #ifndef DISABLE_GUI
   , geoipDBLoaded(false), resolve_countries(false)
   #endif
+  , m_tracker(0)
 {
   Preferences pref;
-  m_tracker = 0;
   // To avoid some exceptions
   boost::filesystem::path::default_name_check(boost::filesystem::no_check);
-  // For backward compatibility
-  // Move .qBittorrent content to XDG folder
-  // TODO: Remove after some releases (introduced in v2.1.0)
-  misc::moveToXDGFolders();
   // Creating Bittorrent session
   // Check if we should spoof utorrent
   QList<int> version;