diff --git a/UI/obs-app.cpp b/UI/obs-app.cpp
index 849226f45..0db4a9293 100644
--- a/UI/obs-app.cpp
+++ b/UI/obs-app.cpp
@@ -2515,330 +2515,6 @@ static inline bool arg_is(const char *arg, const char *long_form,
 	       (short_form && strcmp(arg, short_form) == 0);
 }
 
-static bool update_ffmpeg_output(ConfigFile &config)
-{
-	if (config_has_user_value(config, "AdvOut", "FFOutputToFile"))
-		return false;
-
-	const char *url = config_get_string(config, "AdvOut", "FFURL");
-	if (!url)
-		return false;
-
-	bool isActualURL = strstr(url, "://") != nullptr;
-	if (isActualURL)
-		return false;
-
-	string urlStr = url;
-	string extension;
-
-	for (size_t i = urlStr.length(); i > 0; i--) {
-		size_t idx = i - 1;
-
-		if (urlStr[idx] == '.') {
-			extension = &urlStr[i];
-		}
-
-		if (urlStr[idx] == '\\' || urlStr[idx] == '/') {
-			urlStr[idx] = 0;
-			break;
-		}
-	}
-
-	if (urlStr.empty() || extension.empty())
-		return false;
-
-	config_remove_value(config, "AdvOut", "FFURL");
-	config_set_string(config, "AdvOut", "FFFilePath", urlStr.c_str());
-	config_set_string(config, "AdvOut", "FFExtension", extension.c_str());
-	config_set_bool(config, "AdvOut", "FFOutputToFile", true);
-	return true;
-}
-
-static bool move_reconnect_settings(ConfigFile &config, const char *sec)
-{
-	bool changed = false;
-
-	if (config_has_user_value(config, sec, "Reconnect")) {
-		bool reconnect = config_get_bool(config, sec, "Reconnect");
-		config_set_bool(config, "Output", "Reconnect", reconnect);
-		changed = true;
-	}
-	if (config_has_user_value(config, sec, "RetryDelay")) {
-		int delay = (int)config_get_uint(config, sec, "RetryDelay");
-		config_set_uint(config, "Output", "RetryDelay", delay);
-		changed = true;
-	}
-	if (config_has_user_value(config, sec, "MaxRetries")) {
-		int retries = (int)config_get_uint(config, sec, "MaxRetries");
-		config_set_uint(config, "Output", "MaxRetries", retries);
-		changed = true;
-	}
-
-	return changed;
-}
-
-static bool update_reconnect(ConfigFile &config)
-{
-	if (!config_has_user_value(config, "Output", "Mode"))
-		return false;
-
-	const char *mode = config_get_string(config, "Output", "Mode");
-	if (!mode)
-		return false;
-
-	const char *section = (strcmp(mode, "Advanced") == 0) ? "AdvOut"
-							      : "SimpleOutput";
-
-	if (move_reconnect_settings(config, section)) {
-		config_remove_value(config, "SimpleOutput", "Reconnect");
-		config_remove_value(config, "SimpleOutput", "RetryDelay");
-		config_remove_value(config, "SimpleOutput", "MaxRetries");
-		config_remove_value(config, "AdvOut", "Reconnect");
-		config_remove_value(config, "AdvOut", "RetryDelay");
-		config_remove_value(config, "AdvOut", "MaxRetries");
-		return true;
-	}
-
-	return false;
-}
-
-static void convert_nvenc_h264_presets(obs_data_t *data)
-{
-	const char *preset = obs_data_get_string(data, "preset");
-	const char *rc = obs_data_get_string(data, "rate_control");
-
-	// If already using SDK10+ preset, return early.
-	if (astrcmpi_n(preset, "p", 1) == 0) {
-		obs_data_set_string(data, "preset2", preset);
-		return;
-	}
-
-	if (astrcmpi(rc, "lossless") == 0 && astrcmpi(preset, "mq")) {
-		obs_data_set_string(data, "preset2", "p3");
-		obs_data_set_string(data, "tune", "lossless");
-		obs_data_set_string(data, "multipass", "disabled");
-
-	} else if (astrcmpi(rc, "lossless") == 0 && astrcmpi(preset, "hp")) {
-		obs_data_set_string(data, "preset2", "p2");
-		obs_data_set_string(data, "tune", "lossless");
-		obs_data_set_string(data, "multipass", "disabled");
-
-	} else if (astrcmpi(preset, "mq") == 0) {
-		obs_data_set_string(data, "preset2", "p5");
-		obs_data_set_string(data, "tune", "hq");
-		obs_data_set_string(data, "multipass", "qres");
-
-	} else if (astrcmpi(preset, "hq") == 0) {
-		obs_data_set_string(data, "preset2", "p5");
-		obs_data_set_string(data, "tune", "hq");
-		obs_data_set_string(data, "multipass", "disabled");
-
-	} else if (astrcmpi(preset, "default") == 0) {
-		obs_data_set_string(data, "preset2", "p3");
-		obs_data_set_string(data, "tune", "hq");
-		obs_data_set_string(data, "multipass", "disabled");
-
-	} else if (astrcmpi(preset, "hp") == 0) {
-		obs_data_set_string(data, "preset2", "p1");
-		obs_data_set_string(data, "tune", "hq");
-		obs_data_set_string(data, "multipass", "disabled");
-
-	} else if (astrcmpi(preset, "ll") == 0) {
-		obs_data_set_string(data, "preset2", "p3");
-		obs_data_set_string(data, "tune", "ll");
-		obs_data_set_string(data, "multipass", "disabled");
-
-	} else if (astrcmpi(preset, "llhq") == 0) {
-		obs_data_set_string(data, "preset2", "p4");
-		obs_data_set_string(data, "tune", "ll");
-		obs_data_set_string(data, "multipass", "disabled");
-
-	} else if (astrcmpi(preset, "llhp") == 0) {
-		obs_data_set_string(data, "preset2", "p2");
-		obs_data_set_string(data, "tune", "ll");
-		obs_data_set_string(data, "multipass", "disabled");
-	}
-}
-
-static void convert_nvenc_hevc_presets(obs_data_t *data)
-{
-	const char *preset = obs_data_get_string(data, "preset");
-	const char *rc = obs_data_get_string(data, "rate_control");
-
-	// If already using SDK10+ preset, return early.
-	if (astrcmpi_n(preset, "p", 1) == 0) {
-		obs_data_set_string(data, "preset2", preset);
-		return;
-	}
-
-	if (astrcmpi(rc, "lossless") == 0 && astrcmpi(preset, "mq")) {
-		obs_data_set_string(data, "preset2", "p5");
-		obs_data_set_string(data, "tune", "lossless");
-		obs_data_set_string(data, "multipass", "disabled");
-
-	} else if (astrcmpi(rc, "lossless") == 0 && astrcmpi(preset, "hp")) {
-		obs_data_set_string(data, "preset2", "p3");
-		obs_data_set_string(data, "tune", "lossless");
-		obs_data_set_string(data, "multipass", "disabled");
-
-	} else if (astrcmpi(preset, "mq") == 0) {
-		obs_data_set_string(data, "preset2", "p6");
-		obs_data_set_string(data, "tune", "hq");
-		obs_data_set_string(data, "multipass", "qres");
-
-	} else if (astrcmpi(preset, "hq") == 0) {
-		obs_data_set_string(data, "preset2", "p6");
-		obs_data_set_string(data, "tune", "hq");
-		obs_data_set_string(data, "multipass", "disabled");
-
-	} else if (astrcmpi(preset, "default") == 0) {
-		obs_data_set_string(data, "preset2", "p5");
-		obs_data_set_string(data, "tune", "hq");
-		obs_data_set_string(data, "multipass", "disabled");
-
-	} else if (astrcmpi(preset, "hp") == 0) {
-		obs_data_set_string(data, "preset2", "p1");
-		obs_data_set_string(data, "tune", "hq");
-		obs_data_set_string(data, "multipass", "disabled");
-
-	} else if (astrcmpi(preset, "ll") == 0) {
-		obs_data_set_string(data, "preset2", "p3");
-		obs_data_set_string(data, "tune", "ll");
-		obs_data_set_string(data, "multipass", "disabled");
-
-	} else if (astrcmpi(preset, "llhq") == 0) {
-		obs_data_set_string(data, "preset2", "p4");
-		obs_data_set_string(data, "tune", "ll");
-		obs_data_set_string(data, "multipass", "disabled");
-
-	} else if (astrcmpi(preset, "llhp") == 0) {
-		obs_data_set_string(data, "preset2", "p2");
-		obs_data_set_string(data, "tune", "ll");
-		obs_data_set_string(data, "multipass", "disabled");
-	}
-}
-
-static void convert_28_1_encoder_setting(const char *encoder, const char *file)
-{
-	OBSDataAutoRelease data =
-		obs_data_create_from_json_file_safe(file, "bak");
-	bool modified = false;
-
-	if (astrcmpi(encoder, "jim_nvenc") == 0 ||
-	    astrcmpi(encoder, "ffmpeg_nvenc") == 0) {
-
-		if (obs_data_has_user_value(data, "preset") &&
-		    !obs_data_has_user_value(data, "preset2")) {
-			convert_nvenc_h264_presets(data);
-
-			modified = true;
-		}
-	} else if (astrcmpi(encoder, "jim_hevc_nvenc") == 0 ||
-		   astrcmpi(encoder, "ffmpeg_hevc_nvenc") == 0) {
-
-		if (obs_data_has_user_value(data, "preset") &&
-		    !obs_data_has_user_value(data, "preset2")) {
-			convert_nvenc_hevc_presets(data);
-
-			modified = true;
-		}
-	}
-
-	if (modified)
-		obs_data_save_json_safe(data, file, "tmp", "bak");
-}
-
-bool update_nvenc_presets(ConfigFile &config)
-{
-	if (config_has_user_value(config, "SimpleOutput", "NVENCPreset2") ||
-	    !config_has_user_value(config, "SimpleOutput", "NVENCPreset"))
-		return false;
-
-	const char *streamEncoder =
-		config_get_string(config, "SimpleOutput", "StreamEncoder");
-	const char *nvencPreset =
-		config_get_string(config, "SimpleOutput", "NVENCPreset");
-
-	OBSDataAutoRelease data = obs_data_create();
-	obs_data_set_string(data, "preset", nvencPreset);
-
-	if (astrcmpi(streamEncoder, "nvenc_hevc") == 0) {
-		convert_nvenc_hevc_presets(data);
-	} else {
-		convert_nvenc_h264_presets(data);
-	}
-
-	config_set_string(config, "SimpleOutput", "NVENCPreset2",
-			  obs_data_get_string(data, "preset2"));
-
-	return true;
-}
-
-static void upgrade_settings(void)
-{
-	char path[512];
-	int pathlen = GetConfigPath(path, 512, "obs-studio/basic/profiles");
-
-	if (pathlen <= 0)
-		return;
-	if (!os_file_exists(path))
-		return;
-
-	os_dir_t *dir = os_opendir(path);
-	if (!dir)
-		return;
-
-	struct os_dirent *ent = os_readdir(dir);
-
-	while (ent) {
-		if (ent->directory && strcmp(ent->d_name, ".") != 0 &&
-		    strcmp(ent->d_name, "..") != 0) {
-			strcat(path, "/");
-			strcat(path, ent->d_name);
-			strcat(path, "/basic.ini");
-
-			ConfigFile config;
-			int ret;
-
-			ret = config.Open(path, CONFIG_OPEN_EXISTING);
-			if (ret == CONFIG_SUCCESS) {
-				if (update_ffmpeg_output(config) ||
-				    update_reconnect(config)) {
-					config_save_safe(config, "tmp",
-							 nullptr);
-				}
-			}
-
-			if (config) {
-				const char *sEnc = config_get_string(
-					config, "AdvOut", "Encoder");
-				const char *rEnc = config_get_string(
-					config, "AdvOut", "RecEncoder");
-
-				/* replace "cbr" option with "rate_control" for
-				 * each profile's encoder data */
-				path[pathlen] = 0;
-				strcat(path, "/");
-				strcat(path, ent->d_name);
-				strcat(path, "/recordEncoder.json");
-				convert_28_1_encoder_setting(rEnc, path);
-
-				path[pathlen] = 0;
-				strcat(path, "/");
-				strcat(path, ent->d_name);
-				strcat(path, "/streamEncoder.json");
-				convert_28_1_encoder_setting(sEnc, path);
-			}
-
-			path[pathlen] = 0;
-		}
-
-		ent = os_readdir(dir);
-	}
-
-	os_closedir(dir);
-}
-
 static void check_safe_mode_sentinel(void)
 {
 #ifndef NDEBUG
@@ -3122,7 +2798,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 #endif
 
 	check_safe_mode_sentinel();
-	upgrade_settings();
 
 	fstream logFile;
 
diff --git a/UI/window-basic-main.cpp b/UI/window-basic-main.cpp
index 0acaa41f1..69f09bcec 100644
--- a/UI/window-basic-main.cpp
+++ b/UI/window-basic-main.cpp
@@ -1868,7 +1868,6 @@ bool OBSBasic::InitBasicConfigDefaults()
 }
 
 extern bool EncoderAvailable(const char *encoder);
-extern bool update_nvenc_presets(ConfigFile &config);
 
 void OBSBasic::InitBasicConfigDefaults2()
 {
@@ -1893,9 +1892,6 @@ void OBSBasic::InitBasicConfigDefaults2()
 				  aac_default);
 	config_set_default_string(basicConfig, "AdvOut", "RecAudioEncoder",
 				  aac_default);
-
-	if (update_nvenc_presets(basicConfig))
-		config_save_safe(basicConfig, "tmp", nullptr);
 }
 
 bool OBSBasic::InitBasicConfig()