diff --git a/config/galaxy.ini.sample b/config/galaxy.ini.sample
index 62fbe1d1a7b..814ef564443 100644
--- a/config/galaxy.ini.sample
+++ b/config/galaxy.ini.sample
@@ -125,34 +125,6 @@ paste.app_factory = galaxy.web.buildapp:app_factory
 # but prefixed with install_ are also available).
 #install_database_connection = sqlite:///./database/universe.sqlite?isolation_level=IMMEDIATE
 
-# -- Galaxy framework dependencies (eggs)
-
-# Options in this section can also be provided as environment variables in the
-# form `GALAXY_CONFIG_<OPTION_NAME>`, e.g. `GALAXY_CONFIG_ENABLE_EGGS=False`,
-# etc.  Environment variables override the settings in this config.
-
-# For more details, see the `requirements.txt` file at the root of the Galaxy
-# source distribution.
-
-# Galaxy manages all of its dependent Python modules by downloading Python eggs
-# from the Galaxy eggs distribution server at https://eggs.galaxyproject.org.
-# You may choose to disable this and attempt to install dependencies by hand
-# (e.g. with pip), but beware that this may cause problems due to version
-# incompatibilities between Galaxy and its dependencies. Do not do this unless
-# you know what you're doing.
-#enable_eggs = True
-
-# You may choose to keep eggs enabled but disable fetching them automatically.
-# (hint: To do a one-time fetch, you can disable here and then use
-# `GALAXY_CONFIG_ENABLE_EGG_FETCH=True python ./scripts/fetch_eggs.py` from the
-# root of the Galaxy source.
-#enable_egg_fetch = True
-
-# If you'd like to prefer any dependencies found in your local environment
-# before (fetching and) using Galaxy's egg of that dependency, you can enable
-# the following option:
-#try_dependencies_from_env = False
-
 # -- Files and directories
 
 # Dataset files are stored in this directory.
diff --git a/lib/galaxy/eggs/__init__.py b/lib/galaxy/eggs/__init__.py
index d4e40c8551a..ad57bd347b1 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/eggs/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy/eggs/__init__.py
@@ -403,8 +403,8 @@ class GalaxyConfig( object ):
     always_conditional = ( 'pysam', 'ctypes', 'python_daemon' )
 
     def __init__( self, config_file ):
-        self.enable_egg_fetch = False
-        self.enable_eggs = False
+        self.enable_egg_fetch = True
+        self.enable_eggs = True
         self.try_dependencies_from_env = False
         if config_file is None:
             self.config = None
@@ -412,13 +412,6 @@ class GalaxyConfig( object ):
             self.config = ConfigParser.ConfigParser()
             if self.config.read( config_file ) == []:
                 raise Exception( "error: unable to read Galaxy config from %s" % config_file )
-            self.enable_egg_fetch = True
-            self.enable_eggs = True
-            for opt in ('enable_egg_fetch', 'enable_eggs', 'try_dependencies_from_env'):
-                try:
-                    setattr(self, opt, string_as_bool(self.config.get('app:main', opt)))
-                except:
-                    pass # use default
         for opt in ('enable_egg_fetch', 'enable_eggs', 'try_dependencies_from_env'):
             var = 'GALAXY_CONFIG_' + opt.upper()
             if var in os.environ:
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 83712a4d586..8a7a114e8cc 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@
 # However, you may want to manage these dependencies on your own. If so, this
 # file can be used with pip to install all of the bare minimum dependencies for
 # starting a Galaxy server. Use this in conjunction with the
-# `enable_eggs = False` galaxy.ini option or `GALAXY_CONFIG_ENABLE_EGGS=False`
-# environment variable
+# `GALAXY_CONFIG_ENABLE_EGGS=False` environment variable.
 #
 # Note that except in the case of SQLAlchemy, all dependencies will be
 # installed at their newest versions. Galaxy has not been tested with these and
@@ -62,4 +61,3 @@ bioblend
 Parsley
 WebError
 http://svgfig.googlecode.com/files/svgfig-1.1.6.tgz
-
diff --git a/scripts/paster.py b/scripts/paster.py
index 56f245d3a8e..a8373c98ab6 100755
--- a/scripts/paster.py
+++ b/scripts/paster.py
@@ -30,36 +30,6 @@ if 'LOG_TEMPFILES' in os.environ:
     _log_tempfile = TempFile()
     import tempfile
 
-try:
-    serve = sys.argv.index('serve')
-except:
-    print >>sys.stderr, "Galaxy does not use the real Paste Script, the only supported command is 'serve'"
-    sys.exit(1)
-
-# eggs.require() can be called inside the app without access to the Galaxy
-# config, so we need to push the egg options into the environment so they are
-# available to Crate instantiated in require()
-
-# locate the arg containing the path to the config file
-config = None
-p = configparser.ConfigParser()
-for arg in sys.argv:
-    try:
-        p.read(arg)
-        assert 'app:main' in p.sections()
-        config = arg
-        break
-    except (configparser.Error, AssertionError):
-        pass
-
-# find any egg options set in the config
-crate = eggs.Crate(config)
-for opt in ('enable_eggs', 'enable_egg_fetch', 'try_dependencies_from_env'):
-    env = 'GALAXY_CONFIG_' + opt.upper()
-    # don't overwrite existing env vars configured by the user
-    if env not in os.environ:
-        os.environ[env] = str(getattr(crate.galaxy_config, opt))
-
 eggs.require( "Paste" )
 eggs.require( "PasteDeploy" )