diff --git a/officecfg/registry/schema/org/openoffice/Office/Writer.xcs b/officecfg/registry/schema/org/openoffice/Office/Writer.xcs
index 07fcc54d10d4..1177b5472dcd 100644
--- a/officecfg/registry/schema/org/openoffice/Office/Writer.xcs
+++ b/officecfg/registry/schema/org/openoffice/Office/Writer.xcs
@@ -1610,14 +1610,6 @@
           </info>
           <value>false</value>
         </prop>
-        <prop oor:name="HideWhitespace" oor:type="xs:boolean" oor:nillable="false">
-          <!-- UIHints: View - Show Whitespace -->
-          <info>
-            <desc>Specifies whether to hide whitespace.</desc>
-            <label>View Layout Hide Whitespace</label>
-          </info>
-          <value>false</value>
-        </prop>
       </group>
     </group>
     <group oor:name="Grid">
diff --git a/sw/source/uibase/config/usrpref.cxx b/sw/source/uibase/config/usrpref.cxx
index 45590d5e0b8a..e2599f4092b3 100644
--- a/sw/source/uibase/config/usrpref.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/uibase/config/usrpref.cxx
@@ -271,9 +271,8 @@ Sequence<OUString> SwLayoutViewConfig::GetPropertyNames() const
         "Other/IsSquaredPageMode",              //17
         "Other/ApplyCharUnit",                  //18
         "Window/ShowScrollBarTips",             //19
-        "ViewLayout/HideWhitespace",            //20
     };
-    const int nCount = m_bWeb ? 13 : 21;
+    const int nCount = m_bWeb ? 13 : 20;
     Sequence<OUString> aNames(nCount);
     OUString* pNames = aNames.getArray();
     for(int i = 0; i < nCount; i++)
@@ -335,7 +334,6 @@ void SwLayoutViewConfig::ImplCommit()
             case 17: rVal <<= m_rParent.IsSquaredPageMode(); break;                   // "Other/IsSquaredPageMode",
             case 18: rVal <<= m_rParent.IsApplyCharUnit(); break;                     // "Other/ApplyCharUnit",
             case 19: rVal <<= m_rParent.IsShowScrollBarTips(); break;                 // "Window/ShowScrollBarTips",
-            case 20: rVal <<= m_rParent.IsHideWhitespaceMode(); break;                // "ViewLayout/HideWhitespace"
         }
     }
     PutProperties(aNames, aValues);
@@ -391,7 +389,6 @@ void SwLayoutViewConfig::Load()
                 case 17: m_rParent.SetDefaultPageMode(bSet,true); break;// "Other/IsSquaredPageMode",
                 case 18: m_rParent.SetApplyCharUnit(bSet, true); break;// "Other/ApplyUserChar"
                 case 29: m_rParent.SetShowScrollBarTips(bSet); break;// "Window/ShowScrollBarTips",
-                case 20: m_rParent.SetHideWhitespaceMode(bSet); break;// "ViewLayout/HideWhitespace"
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/sw/source/uibase/uiview/view.cxx b/sw/source/uibase/uiview/view.cxx
index a878e5591a9d..219958ec8517 100644
--- a/sw/source/uibase/uiview/view.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/uibase/uiview/view.cxx
@@ -1347,7 +1347,6 @@ void SwView::ReadUserDataSequence ( const uno::Sequence < beans::PropertyValue >
     sal_Int16 nZoomFactor = static_cast < sal_Int16 > (pVOpt->GetZoom());
     bool bViewLayoutBookMode = pVOpt->IsViewLayoutBookMode();
     sal_Int16 nViewLayoutColumns = pVOpt->GetViewLayoutColumns();
-    bool bHideWhitespace = pVOpt->IsHideWhitespaceMode();
 
     bool bSelectedFrame = ( m_pWrtShell->GetSelFrameType() != FrameTypeFlags::NONE ),
              bGotVisibleLeft = false,
@@ -1355,7 +1354,6 @@ void SwView::ReadUserDataSequence ( const uno::Sequence < beans::PropertyValue >
              bGotZoomType = false,
              bGotZoomFactor = false, bGotIsSelectedFrame = false,
              bGotViewLayoutColumns = false, bGotViewLayoutBookMode = false,
-             bGotHideWhitespace = false,
              bBrowseMode = false, bGotBrowseMode = false;
     bool bKeepRatio = pVOpt->IsKeepRatio();
     bool bGotKeepRatio = false;
@@ -1419,11 +1417,6 @@ void SwView::ReadUserDataSequence ( const uno::Sequence < beans::PropertyValue >
             rValue.Value >>= bKeepRatio;
             bGotKeepRatio = true;
         }
-        else if (rValue.Name == "HideWhitespace")
-        {
-            rValue.Value >>= bHideWhitespace;
-            bGotHideWhitespace = true;
-        }
         // Fallback to common SdrModel processing
         else
            GetDocShell()->GetDoc()->getIDocumentDrawModelAccess().GetDrawModel()->ReadUserDataSequenceValue(&rValue);
@@ -1493,21 +1486,11 @@ void SwView::ReadUserDataSequence ( const uno::Sequence < beans::PropertyValue >
         m_pWrtShell->SetMacroExecAllowed( bSavedFlagValue );
     }
 
-    SwViewOption aUsrPref(*pVOpt);
-    bool bUsrPrefModified = false;
     if (bGotKeepRatio && bKeepRatio != pVOpt->IsKeepRatio())
     {
         // Got a custom value, then it makes sense to trigger notifications.
+        SwViewOption aUsrPref(*pVOpt);
         aUsrPref.SetKeepRatio(bKeepRatio);
-        bUsrPrefModified = true;
-    }
-    if (bGotHideWhitespace && bHideWhitespace != pVOpt->IsHideWhitespaceMode())
-    {
-        aUsrPref.SetHideWhitespaceMode(bHideWhitespace);
-        bUsrPrefModified = true;
-    }
-    if (bUsrPrefModified)
-    {
         SW_MOD()->ApplyUsrPref(aUsrPref, this);
     }
 
@@ -1613,9 +1596,6 @@ void SwView::WriteUserDataSequence ( uno::Sequence < beans::PropertyValue >& rSe
     aVector.push_back(
         comphelper::makePropertyValue("KeepRatio", m_pWrtShell->GetViewOptions()->IsKeepRatio()));
 
-    aVector.push_back(comphelper::makePropertyValue(
-        "HideWhitespace", m_pWrtShell->GetViewOptions()->IsHideWhitespaceMode()));
-
     rSequence = comphelper::containerToSequence(aVector);
 
     // Common SdrModel processing