diff --git a/apps/settings.c b/apps/settings.c
index dcc3c8d9d2..302ea58aec 100644
--- a/apps/settings.c
+++ b/apps/settings.c
@@ -259,19 +259,11 @@ static int hex_to_rgb(const char* hex)
     return 0;
 }
 #endif
-#define MAX_PERSISTENT_VARS 8
-struct persistent_vars {
-    char setting[MAX_FILENAME];
-    char value[MAX_FILENAME];
-};
-static struct persistent_vars persistent_vars[MAX_PERSISTENT_VARS];
-static int persistent_vars_count = 0;
+
 bool settings_write_config(char* filename)
 {
     int i;
     int fd;
-    bool check_persistent = !strcmp(filename, CONFIGFILE) && 
-                            persistent_vars_count;
     char value[MAX_PATH];
     fd = open(filename,O_CREAT|O_TRUNC|O_WRONLY);
     if (fd < 0)
@@ -282,23 +274,6 @@ bool settings_write_config(char* filename)
     {
         if (settings[i].cfg_name == NULL)
             continue;
-        if (check_persistent)
-        {
-            int j;
-            bool found = false;
-            for(j=0; j<persistent_vars_count; j++)
-            {
-                if (!strcmp(persistent_vars[j].setting, settings[i].cfg_name))
-                {
-                    fdprintf(fd,"~%s: %s\r\n", settings[i].cfg_name,
-                                              persistent_vars[j].value);
-                    found = true;
-                    break;
-                }
-            }
-            if (found)
-                continue;
-        }
         switch (settings[i].flags&F_T_MASK)
         {
             case F_T_INT:
@@ -706,7 +681,10 @@ void settings_load(int which)
     if (which&SETTINGS_RTC)
         read_nvram_data(nvram_buffer,NVRAM_BLOCK_SIZE);
     if (which&SETTINGS_HD)
+    {
         settings_load_config(CONFIGFILE,false);
+        settings_load_config(FIXEDSETTINGSFILE,false);
+    }
 }
 
 void set_file(char* filename, char* setting, int maxlen)
@@ -747,8 +725,6 @@ bool settings_load_config(const char* file, bool apply)
     char* name;
     char* value;
     int i;
-    bool check_persistent = !strcmp(file, CONFIGFILE);
-    bool is_persistent = false;
     fd = open(file, O_RDONLY);
     if (fd < 0)
         return false;
@@ -757,52 +733,12 @@ bool settings_load_config(const char* file, bool apply)
     {
         if (!settings_parseline(line, &name, &value))
             continue;
-        if (name[0] == '~')
-        {
-            name++;
-            if (check_persistent && 
-                (persistent_vars_count<MAX_PERSISTENT_VARS))
-            {
-                strcpy(persistent_vars[persistent_vars_count].setting, name);
-                strcpy(persistent_vars[persistent_vars_count].value, value);
-                persistent_vars_count++;
-                is_persistent = true;
-            }
-        }
-        else is_persistent = false;
         for(i=0; i<nb_settings; i++)
         {
             if (settings[i].cfg_name == NULL)
                 continue;
             if (!strcasecmp(name,settings[i].cfg_name))
             {
-                if (persistent_vars_count && !is_persistent)
-                {
-                    int j;
-                    struct persistent_vars *p_var,
-                        *p_var_last = &persistent_vars[persistent_vars_count-1];
-                    for (j=0; j< persistent_vars_count; j++)
-                    {
-                        p_var = &persistent_vars[j];
-                        if (!strcmp(name,p_var->setting))
-                        {
-                            if (j+1 == persistent_vars_count)
-                            {
-                                /* simple case, just decrement 
-                                   persistent_vars_count */
-                                persistent_vars_count--;
-                            }
-                            /*else move the last persistent var to here */
-                            else
-                            {
-                                strcpy(p_var->setting, p_var_last->setting);
-                                strcpy(p_var->value, p_var_last->value);
-                                persistent_vars_count--;
-                            }
-                            break;
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
                 switch (settings[i].flags&F_T_MASK)
                 {
                     case F_T_INT:
diff --git a/apps/settings.h b/apps/settings.h
index 8a495a0fee..7d30dfa5d7 100644
--- a/apps/settings.h
+++ b/apps/settings.h
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
 #define FMPRESET_PATH ROCKBOX_DIR "/fmpresets"
 
 #define CONFIGFILE  ROCKBOX_DIR "/config.cfg"
+#define FIXEDSETTINGSFILE  ROCKBOX_DIR "/fixed.cfg"
 
 #define MAX_FILENAME 20