diff --git a/plugins/CoreUpdater/Controller.php b/plugins/CoreUpdater/Controller.php
index cc27c3e9aa4a518c0f3c249ef467787b6ab47872..5dbc14b56598f684119cb38dc22197f610290fb0 100644
--- a/plugins/CoreUpdater/Controller.php
+++ b/plugins/CoreUpdater/Controller.php
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ use Piwik\View;
  */
 class Controller extends \Piwik\Plugin\Controller
 {
-    const CONFIG_FILE_BACKUP = '/config/global.ini.auto-backup-before-update.php';
     const PATH_TO_EXTRACT_LATEST_VERSION = '/tmp/latest/';
 
     private $coreError = false;
@@ -97,7 +96,6 @@ class Controller extends \Piwik\Plugin\Controller
             array('oneClick_Download', Piwik::translate('CoreUpdater_DownloadingUpdateFromX', $url)),
             array('oneClick_Unpack', Piwik::translate('CoreUpdater_UnpackingTheUpdate')),
             array('oneClick_Verify', Piwik::translate('CoreUpdater_VerifyingUnpackedFiles')),
-            array('oneClick_CreateConfigFileBackup', Piwik::translate('CoreUpdater_CreatingBackupOfConfigurationFile', self::CONFIG_FILE_BACKUP))
         );
         $incompatiblePlugins = $this->getIncompatiblePlugins($this->newVersion);
         if (!empty($incompatiblePlugins)) {
@@ -216,13 +214,6 @@ class Controller extends \Piwik\Plugin\Controller
         }
     }
 
-    private function oneClick_CreateConfigFileBackup()
-    {
-        $configFileBefore = PIWIK_USER_PATH . '/config/global.ini.php';
-        $configFileAfter = PIWIK_USER_PATH . self::CONFIG_FILE_BACKUP;
-        Filesystem::copy($configFileBefore, $configFileAfter);
-    }
-
     private function oneClick_DisableIncompatiblePlugins()
     {
         $plugins = $this->getIncompatiblePlugins($this->newVersion);
diff --git a/plugins/CoreUpdater/lang/en.json b/plugins/CoreUpdater/lang/en.json
index 15285300eb39df014999268e1803c5eac24cf8e4..1b94754223d03191f7e275c60c31cb79e2b03445 100644
--- a/plugins/CoreUpdater/lang/en.json
+++ b/plugins/CoreUpdater/lang/en.json
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 {
     "CoreUpdater": {
         "ClickHereToViewSqlQueries": "Click here to view and copy the list of SQL queries that will get executed",
-        "CreatingBackupOfConfigurationFile": "Creating a backup of the configuration file in %s",
         "CriticalErrorDuringTheUpgradeProcess": "Critical Error during the update process:",
         "DatabaseUpgradeRequired": "Database Upgrade Required",
         "DisablingIncompatiblePlugins": "Disabling incompatible plugins: %s",