diff --git a/common.php b/common.php
index 997fe8c..e0a932f 100644
--- a/common.php
+++ b/common.php
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ defined('AUTO_UPDATE_DOWNLOAD_DIRECTORY') or define('AUTO_UPDATE_DOWNLOAD_DIRECT
 defined('AUTO_UPDATE_ARCHIVE_DIRECTORY') or define('AUTO_UPDATE_ARCHIVE_DIRECTORY', DATA_DIRECTORY.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'archive');
 defined('AUTO_UPDATE_BACKUP_DIRECTORY') or define('AUTO_UPDATE_BACKUP_DIRECTORY', DATA_DIRECTORY.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'backup');
 
+defined('SUBSCRIPTION_CONCURRENT_REQUESTS') or define('SUBSCRIPTION_CONCURRENT_REQUESTS', 5);
+
 defined('RULES_DIRECTORY') or define('RULES_DIRECTORY', ROOT_DIRECTORY.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'rules');
 
 defined('ENABLE_HSTS') or define('ENABLE_HSTS', true);
diff --git a/config.default.php b/config.default.php
index 9f452bd..3f39292 100644
--- a/config.default.php
+++ b/config.default.php
@@ -35,3 +35,6 @@ define('PROXY_PASSWORD', '');
 
 // ENABLE_AUTO_UPDATE => default is true (enable Miniflux update from the user interface)
 define('ENABLE_AUTO_UPDATE', true);
+
+// SUBSCRIPTION_CONCURRENT_REQUESTS => number of concurrent feeds to refresh at once - reduce this number on systems with limited processing power
+define('SUBSCRIPTION_CONCURRENT_REQUESTS', 5);
diff --git a/controllers/feed.php b/controllers/feed.php
index bef4a24..c39e8cc 100644
--- a/controllers/feed.php
+++ b/controllers/feed.php
@@ -122,8 +122,7 @@ Router\get_action('feeds', function() {
         'nb_unread_items' => $nb_unread_items,
         'nb_failed_feeds' => Model\Feed\count_failed_feeds(),
         'menu' => 'feeds',
-        'title' => t('Subscriptions'),
-        'frontend_concurrent_requests' => Model\Config\get('frontend_concurrent_requests')
+        'title' => t('Subscriptions')
     )));
 });
 
diff --git a/models/config.php b/models/config.php
index c4f863c..3754296 100644
--- a/models/config.php
+++ b/models/config.php
@@ -303,7 +303,6 @@ function validate_modification(array $values)
         new Validators\Integer('nocontent', t('Must be an integer')),
         new Validators\Integer('favicons', t('Must be an integer')),
         new Validators\Integer('original_marks_read', t('Must be an integer')),
-        new Validators\Integer('frontend_concurrent_requests', t('Must be an integer')),
     );
 
     if (ENABLE_AUTO_UPDATE) {
diff --git a/models/schema.php b/models/schema.php
index 1999fdc..7375c06 100644
--- a/models/schema.php
+++ b/models/schema.php
@@ -5,12 +5,7 @@ namespace Schema;
 use PDO;
 use Model\Config;
 
-const VERSION = 41;
-
-function version_41($pdo)
-{
-    $pdo->exec('INSERT INTO settings ("key", "value") VALUES ("frontend_concurrent_requests", 5)');
-}
+const VERSION = 40;
 
 function version_40($pdo)
 {
diff --git a/templates/config.php b/templates/config.php
index 75a3653..e0d2a37 100644
--- a/templates/config.php
+++ b/templates/config.php
@@ -75,9 +75,7 @@
         <?= Helper\form_checkbox('original_marks_read', t('Original link marks article as read'), 1, isset($values['original_marks_read']) && $values['original_marks_read'] == 1) ?><br/>
         <?= Helper\form_checkbox('nocontent', t('Do not fetch the content of articles'), 1, isset($values['nocontent']) && $values['nocontent'] == 1) ?><br/>
         <?= Helper\form_checkbox('favicons', t('Download favicons'), 1, isset($values['favicons']) && $values['favicons'] == 1) ?><br/>
-
-        <?= Helper\form_label(t('Number of feeds to update at once on the subscription page'), 'frontend_concurrent_requests') ?>
-        <?= Helper\form_number('frontend_concurrent_requests', $values, $errors, array('min="1"')) ?><br/>
+>
     </div>
 
     <div class="form-actions">
diff --git a/templates/feeds.php b/templates/feeds.php
index bb0c934..ac3a3b6 100644
--- a/templates/feeds.php
+++ b/templates/feeds.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
             <li class="active"><a href="?action=feeds"><?= t('feeds') ?></a></li>
             <li><a href="?action=import"><?= t('import') ?></a></li>
             <li><a href="?action=export"><?= t('export') ?></a></li>
-            <li><a href="?action=refresh-all" data-action="refresh-all" data-concurrent-requests="<?=$frontend_concurrent_requests?>"><?= t('refresh all') ?></a></li>
+            <li><a href="?action=refresh-all" data-action="refresh-all" data-concurrent-requests="<?=SUBSCRIPTION_CONCURRENT_REQUESTS?>"><?= t('refresh all') ?></a></li>
         </ul>
     </nav>
 </div>