diff --git a/indra/newview/app_settings/settings.xml b/indra/newview/app_settings/settings.xml
index 253ac3b836101b9b9e721b2e08827c1622b53d01..ece711a128dd03bd5411ef8dd074caf763f873cd 100755
--- a/indra/newview/app_settings/settings.xml
+++ b/indra/newview/app_settings/settings.xml
@@ -6867,17 +6867,6 @@
       <key>Value</key>
       <integer>1</integer>
     </map>
-    <key>PlaySoundGroupChatMessages</key>
-    <map>
-      <key>Comment</key>
-      <string>Plays a sound when have a group chat message.</string>
-      <key>Persist</key>
-      <integer>1</integer>
-      <key>Type</key>
-      <string>Boolean</string>
-      <key>Value</key>
-      <integer>0</integer>
-    </map>  
     <key>PlaySoundIncomingVoiceCall</key>
     <map>
       <key>Comment</key>
diff --git a/indra/newview/skins/default/xui/en/panel_preferences_chat.xml b/indra/newview/skins/default/xui/en/panel_preferences_chat.xml
index 0c94b6b2238df6f1b83f79af31b847bc3bf79188..37bfbae9918fd1a41950795c6c06127f277ccc84 100644
--- a/indra/newview/skins/default/xui/en/panel_preferences_chat.xml
+++ b/indra/newview/skins/default/xui/en/panel_preferences_chat.xml
@@ -341,22 +341,13 @@
         top_pad="6"
         name="incoming_voice_call"
         width="150" />
-    <check_box
-        enabled="false"
-        control_name="PlaySoundGroupChatMessages"
-        height="16"
-        label="Group chat messages"
-        layout="topleft"
-        top_pad="6"
-        name="group_chat_messages"
-        width="150" />
     <check_box
         control_name="PlaySoundTeleportOffer"
         height="16"
         label="Teleport offer"
         layout="topleft"
         left_pad="35"
-        top_pad="-59"
+        top_pad="-38"
         name="teleport_offer"
         width="150" />
     <check_box