diff --git a/deluge/ui/console/modes/alltorrents.py b/deluge/ui/console/modes/alltorrents.py
index 5ecc40679..5ccde995f 100644
--- a/deluge/ui/console/modes/alltorrents.py
+++ b/deluge/ui/console/modes/alltorrents.py
@@ -168,7 +168,6 @@ DEFAULT_PREFS = {
     "downloaded_width":13,
     "uploaded_width":13,
     "owner_width":10,
-    "disable_three_dots": False,
     "ignore_duplicate_lines": False
 }
 
@@ -315,7 +314,7 @@ class AllTorrents(BaseMode, component.Component):
         for torrent_id in self._sorted_ids:
             ts = self.curstate[torrent_id]
             newnames.append(ts["name"])
-            newrows.append((format_utils.format_row([column.get_column_value(name,ts) for name in self.__columns],self.column_widths, self.config),ts["state"]))
+            newrows.append((format_utils.format_row([column.get_column_value(name,ts) for name in self.__columns],self.column_widths),ts["state"]))
 
         self.numtorrents = len(state)
         self.formatted_rows = newrows
diff --git a/deluge/ui/console/modes/format_utils.py b/deluge/ui/console/modes/format_utils.py
index 082e81171..8ca7b33a2 100644
--- a/deluge/ui/console/modes/format_utils.py
+++ b/deluge/ui/console/modes/format_utils.py
@@ -80,14 +80,11 @@ def format_priority(prio):
     else:
         return pstring
 
-def trim_string(string, w, have_dbls, console_config):
+def trim_string(string, w, have_dbls):
     if w <= 0:
         return ""
     elif w == 1:
-        if console_config["disable_three_dots"]:
-            return u" "
-        else:
-            return u"…"
+        return u" "
     elif have_dbls:
         # have to do this the slow way
         chrs = []
@@ -103,17 +100,11 @@ def trim_string(string, w, have_dbls, console_config):
         if width != w:
             chrs.pop()
             chrs.append('.')
-        if console_config["disable_three_dots"]:
-            return u"%s "%("".join(chrs))
-        else:
-            return u"%s… "%("".join(chrs))
+        return u"%s "%("".join(chrs))
     else:
-        if console_config["disable_three_dots"]:
-            return u"%s "%(string[0:w-1])
-        else:
-            return u"%s… "%(string[0:w-2])
+        return u"%s "%(string[0:w-1])
 
-def format_column(col, lim, console_config):
+def format_column(col, lim):
     dbls = 0
     if haveud and isinstance(col,unicode):
         # might have some double width chars
@@ -124,12 +115,12 @@ def format_column(col, lim, console_config):
                 dbls += 1
     size = len(col)+dbls
     if (size >= lim - 1):
-        return trim_string(col,lim,dbls>0, console_config)
+        return trim_string(col,lim,dbls>0)
     else:
         return "%s%s"%(col," "*(lim-size))
 
-def format_row(row,column_widths, console_config):
-    return "".join([format_column(row[i],column_widths[i], console_config) for i in range(0,len(row))])
+def format_row(row, column_widths):
+    return "".join([format_column(row[i],column_widths[i]) for i in range(0,len(row))])
 
 import re
 _strip_re = re.compile("\{!.*?!\}")
diff --git a/deluge/ui/console/modes/preference_panes.py b/deluge/ui/console/modes/preference_panes.py
index 49862d8b4..f015ebe94 100644
--- a/deluge/ui/console/modes/preference_panes.py
+++ b/deluge/ui/console/modes/preference_panes.py
@@ -311,7 +311,6 @@ class InterfacePane(BasePane):
     def __init__(self, offset, parent, width):
         BasePane.__init__(self,offset,parent,width)
         self.add_header("General")
-        self.add_checked_input("disable_three_dots","Do not append three dots symbol when trimming columns",parent.console_config["disable_three_dots"])
         self.add_checked_input("ignore_duplicate_lines","Do not store duplicate input in history",parent.console_config["ignore_duplicate_lines"])
         self.add_header("Columns To Display")
         for cpn in deluge.ui.console.modes.alltorrents.column_pref_names:
diff --git a/deluge/ui/console/modes/torrentdetail.py b/deluge/ui/console/modes/torrentdetail.py
index 07ef740a1..a5be81fd3 100644
--- a/deluge/ui/console/modes/torrentdetail.py
+++ b/deluge/ui/console/modes/torrentdetail.py
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ class TorrentDetail(BaseMode, component.Component):
                 r = format_utils.format_row(["%s%s %s"%(" "*depth,xchar,fl[0]),
                                              deluge.common.fsize(fl[2]),fl[5],
                                              format_utils.format_priority(fl[6])],
-                                            self.column_widths, self.console_config)
+                                            self.column_widths)
 
                 self.add_string(off,"%s%s"%(color_string,r),trim=False)
                 off += 1