diff --git a/plugins/Facebook/facebooksettings.php b/plugins/Facebook/facebooksettings.php
index 766d0e1996..f94a346b57 100644
--- a/plugins/Facebook/facebooksettings.php
+++ b/plugins/Facebook/facebooksettings.php
@@ -54,22 +54,11 @@ class FacebooksettingsAction extends FacebookAction
 
         $noticesync = $this->boolean('noticesync');
         $replysync  = $this->boolean('replysync');
-        $prefix     = $this->trimmed('prefix');
 
         $original = clone($this->flink);
         $this->flink->set_flags($noticesync, false, $replysync, false);
         $result = $this->flink->update($original);
 
-        if ($prefix == '' || $prefix == '0') {
-            // Facebook bug: saving empty strings to prefs now fails
-            // http://bugs.developers.facebook.com/show_bug.cgi?id=7110
-            $trimmed = $prefix . ' ';
-        } else {
-            $trimmed = substr($prefix, 0, 128);
-        }
-        $this->facebook->api_client->data_setUserPreference(FACEBOOK_NOTICE_PREFIX,
-            $trimmed);
-
         if ($result === false) {
             $this->showForm(_m('There was a problem saving your sync preferences!'));
         } else {
@@ -110,16 +99,6 @@ class FacebooksettingsAction extends FacebookAction
 
             $this->elementStart('li');
 
-            $prefix = trim($this->facebook->api_client->data_getUserPreference(FACEBOOK_NOTICE_PREFIX));
-
-            $this->input('prefix', _m('Prefix'),
-                         ($prefix) ? $prefix : null,
-                         _m('A string to prefix notices with.'));
-
-            $this->elementEnd('li');
-
-            $this->elementStart('li');
-
             $this->submit('save', _m('Save'));
 
             $this->elementEnd('li');
diff --git a/plugins/Facebook/facebookutil.php b/plugins/Facebook/facebookutil.php
index c7b0f02c31..1290fed557 100644
--- a/plugins/Facebook/facebookutil.php
+++ b/plugins/Facebook/facebookutil.php
@@ -256,11 +256,9 @@ function statusUpdate($notice, $user, $fbuid)
         . "Facebook UID: $fbuid"
     );
 
-    $text = formatNotice($notice, $user, $fbuid);
-
     $facebook = getFacebook();
     $result = $facebook->api_client->users_setStatus(
-         $text,
+         $notice->content,
          $fbuid,
          false,
          true
@@ -284,12 +282,11 @@ function publishStream($notice, $user, $fbuid)
         . "Facebook UID: $fbuid"
     );
 
-    $text = formatNotice($notice, $user, $fbuid);
     $fbattachment = format_attachments($notice->attachments());
 
     $facebook = getFacebook();
     $facebook->api_client->stream_publish(
-        $text,
+        $notice->content,
         $fbattachment,
         null,
         null,
@@ -304,38 +301,6 @@ function publishStream($notice, $user, $fbuid)
     );
 }
 
-function formatNotice($notice, $user, $fbuid)
-{
-    // Get the status 'verb' the user has set, if any
-
-    common_debug(
-        "FacebookPlugin - Looking to see if $user->nickname ($user->id), "
-        . "Facebook UID: $fbuid has set a verb for Facebook posting..."
-    );
-
-    $facebook = getFacebook();
-    $verb = trim(
-        $facebook->api_client->data_getUserPreference(
-            FACEBOOK_NOTICE_PREFIX,
-            $fbuid
-        )
-    );
-
-    common_debug("Facebook returned " . var_export($verb, true));
-
-    $text = null;
-
-    if (!empty($verb)) {
-        common_debug("FacebookPlugin - found a verb: $verb");
-        $text = trim($verb) . ' ' . $notice->content;
-    } else {
-        common_debug("FacebookPlugin - no verb found.");
-        $text = $notice->content;
-    }
-
-    return $text;
-}
-
 function updateProfileBox($facebook, $flink, $notice, $user) {
 
     $facebook = getFacebook();