diff --git a/InvenTree/InvenTree/settings.py b/InvenTree/InvenTree/settings.py
index 5ee79753ca..e2bd5ebc83 100644
--- a/InvenTree/InvenTree/settings.py
+++ b/InvenTree/InvenTree/settings.py
@@ -524,10 +524,7 @@ EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = get_setting(
     email_config.get('password', ''),
 )
 
-EMAIL_SUBJECT_PREFIX = get_setting(
-    'INVENTREE_EMAIL_PREFIX',
-    email_config.get('prefix', '[InvenTree] '),
-)
+EMAIL_SUBJECT_PREFIX = '[InvenTree] ')
 
 EMAIL_USE_LOCALTIME = False
 
diff --git a/InvenTree/config_template.yaml b/InvenTree/config_template.yaml
index 81411dee55..e9f32f382e 100644
--- a/InvenTree/config_template.yaml
+++ b/InvenTree/config_template.yaml
@@ -80,11 +80,11 @@ currencies:
 # Refer to the InvenTree documentation for more information
 
 email:
+  # backend: 'django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend'
   host: ''
   port: 25
   username: ''
   password: ''
-  prefix: '[InvenTree] '
   tls: False
   ssl: False