diff --git a/src/settings/Settings.js b/src/settings/Settings.js
index 87602f866c..4687b57b3b 100644
--- a/src/settings/Settings.js
+++ b/src/settings/Settings.js
@@ -437,7 +437,6 @@ export const SETTINGS = {
         supportedLevels: LEVELS_ACCOUNT_SETTINGS,
         displayName: _td("Order rooms by name"),
         default: true,
-        invertedSettingName: "RoomList.orderByRecents",
     },
     "RoomList.orderByImportance": {
         supportedLevels: LEVELS_ACCOUNT_SETTINGS,
diff --git a/src/settings/controllers/SettingController.js b/src/settings/controllers/SettingController.js
index 9327f6ab48..a7d0ccf21a 100644
--- a/src/settings/controllers/SettingController.js
+++ b/src/settings/controllers/SettingController.js
@@ -47,15 +47,4 @@ export default class SettingController {
     onChange(level, roomId, newValue) {
         // do nothing by default
     }
-
-    /**
-     * Gets the value which should actually get written into the store based on the input value from setValue.
-     * @param {string} level The level at which the setting has been modified.
-     * @param {String} roomId The room ID, may be null.
-     * @param {*} newValue The new value for the setting, may be null.
-     * @return {*} The value that should be used, may be null.
-     */
-    augmentValue(level, roomId, newValue) {
-        return newValue;
-    }
 }