diff --git a/src/sj-extracting.c b/src/sj-extracting.c
index ad3ca58..1c68020 100644
--- a/src/sj-extracting.c
+++ b/src/sj-extracting.c
@@ -854,7 +854,6 @@ sanitize_path (const char* str, const char* filesystem_type)
  *
  * Valid markers so far are:
  * %at -- album title
- * %ay -- album year
  * %aa -- album artist
  * %aA -- album artist (lowercase)
  * %as -- album artist sortname
@@ -927,13 +926,6 @@ filepath_parse_pattern (const char* pattern, const TrackDetails *track)
       case 't':
         string = sanitize_path (track->album->title, filesystem_type);
         break;
-      case 'y':
-              if (track->album->release_date && g_date_valid(track->album->release_date)) {
-                    string = sanitize_path (g_strdup_printf("%d", g_date_get_year(track->album->release_date)), filesystem_type);
-              } else {
-
-              }
-        break;
       case 'T':
         tmp = g_utf8_strdown (track->album->title, -1);
         string = sanitize_path (tmp, filesystem_type);
diff --git a/src/sj-prefs.c b/src/sj-prefs.c
index 26cb217..5619e3e 100644
--- a/src/sj-prefs.c
+++ b/src/sj-prefs.c
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ static const FilePattern path_patterns[] = {
   {N_("Album Artist"), "%aa"},
   {N_("Album Artist (sortable)"), "%as"},
   {N_("Album Artist - Album Title"), "%aa - %at"},
-  {N_("Album Artist, Album Year - Album Title"), "%aa/%ay - %at"},
   {N_("Album Artist (sortable) - Album Title"), "%as - %at"},
   {N_("[none]"), "./"},
   {NULL, NULL}
