diff --git a/src/js/core/config.local.template.js b/src/js/core/config.local.template.js
index 7e822bae..5a02abfe 100644
--- a/src/js/core/config.local.template.js
+++ b/src/js/core/config.local.template.js
@@ -113,9 +113,6 @@ export default {
     // Disables slow asserts, useful for debugging performance
     // disableSlowAsserts: true,
     // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-    // Allows to load a mod from an external source for developing it
-    // externalModUrl: "http://localhost:3005/combined.js",
-    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     // Visualizes the shape grouping on belts
     // showShapeGrouping: true
     // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/js/mods/modloader.js b/src/js/mods/modloader.js
index cbc6f086..e919dac4 100644
--- a/src/js/mods/modloader.js
+++ b/src/js/mods/modloader.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { FsError } from "@/platform/fs_error";
-import { globalConfig } from "../core/config";
 import { createLogger } from "../core/logging";
 import { Storage } from "../platform/storage";
 import { Mod } from "./mod";
@@ -138,24 +137,6 @@ export class ModLoader {
         let mods = await ipcRenderer.invoke("get-mods");
         mods = mods.map(mod => mod.source);
 
-        if (G_IS_DEV && globalConfig.debug.externalModUrl) {
-            const modURLs = Array.isArray(globalConfig.debug.externalModUrl)
-                ? globalConfig.debug.externalModUrl
-                : [globalConfig.debug.externalModUrl];
-
-            for (let i = 0; i < modURLs.length; i++) {
-                const response = await fetch(modURLs[i], {
-                    method: "GET",
-                });
-                if (response.status !== 200) {
-                    throw new Error(
-                        "Failed to load " + modURLs[i] + ": " + response.status + " " + response.statusText
-                    );
-                }
-                mods.push(await response.text());
-            }
-        }
-
         window.$shapez_registerMod = (modClass, meta) => {
             if (this.initialized) {
                 throw new Error("Can't register mod after modloader is initialized");