diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentIdentity.java b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentIdentity.java
index b8a0e7b9d8..80ece60d31 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentIdentity.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentIdentity.java
@@ -827,11 +827,6 @@ public class FragmentIdentity extends FragmentBase {
                     etDisplay.setText(identity == null ? null : identity.display);
 
                     String signature = (identity == null ? null : identity.signature);
-                    if (identity == null) {
-                        CharSequence promote = getText(R.string.app_promote);
-                        if (promote instanceof Spanned)
-                            signature = HtmlHelper.toHtml((Spanned) promote);
-                    }
                     etSignature.setText(TextUtils.isEmpty(signature) ? null : HtmlHelper.fromHtml(signature));
                     etSignature.setTag(signature);
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentQuickSetup.java b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentQuickSetup.java
index 9b7d19190d..529eb8757d 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentQuickSetup.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentQuickSetup.java
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
 import android.net.Uri;
 import android.os.Bundle;
 import android.os.Handler;
-import android.text.Spanned;
 import android.text.TextUtils;
 import android.text.method.LinkMovementMethod;
 import android.util.Patterns;
@@ -380,11 +379,7 @@ public class FragmentQuickSetup extends FragmentBase {
                     identity.display = null;
                     identity.color = null;
 
-                    CharSequence promote = context.getText(R.string.app_promote);
-                    if (promote instanceof Spanned)
-                        identity.signature = HtmlHelper.toHtml((Spanned) promote);
-                    else
-                        identity.signature = null;
+                    identity.signature = null;
 
                     identity.auth_type = ConnectionHelper.AUTH_TYPE_PASSWORD;
                     identity.host = provider.smtp_host;