diff --git a/lua/lvim/config/settings.lua b/lua/lvim/config/settings.lua
index c31a90c0..2492f1de 100644
--- a/lua/lvim/config/settings.lua
+++ b/lua/lvim/config/settings.lua
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ M.load_default_options = function()
     fileencoding = "utf-8", -- the encoding written to a file
     foldmethod = "manual", -- folding, set to "expr" for treesitter based folding
     foldexpr = "", -- set to "nvim_treesitter#foldexpr()" for treesitter based folding
-    guifont = "monospace:h17", -- the font used in graphical neovim applications
     hidden = true, -- required to keep multiple buffers and open multiple buffers
     hlsearch = true, -- highlight all matches on previous search pattern
     ignorecase = true, -- ignore case in search patterns