diff --git a/config/config.default.yaml b/config/config.default.yaml
index d19b7f0e..99ebae88 100644
--- a/config/config.default.yaml
+++ b/config/config.default.yaml
@@ -287,7 +287,6 @@ transformers:
 
 # docs-load in https://pypsa-eur.readthedocs.io/en/latest/configuration.html#load
 load:
-  power_statistics: true
   interpolate_limit: 3
   time_shift_for_large_gaps: 1w
   manual_adjustments: true # false
diff --git a/config/config.validation.yaml b/config/config.validation.yaml
index c8fb2fa5..062e82f5 100644
--- a/config/config.validation.yaml
+++ b/config/config.validation.yaml
@@ -69,9 +69,6 @@ conventional:
   biomass:
     p_max_pu: 0.65
 
-load:
-  power_statistics: false
-
 lines:
   s_max_pu: 0.23
   under_construction: 'remove'
diff --git a/doc/configtables/load.csv b/doc/configtables/load.csv
index a4de8323..0a62aeef 100644
--- a/doc/configtables/load.csv
+++ b/doc/configtables/load.csv
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 ,Unit,Values,Description
-power_statistics,bool,"{true, false}",Whether to load the electricity consumption data of the ENTSOE power statistics (only for files from 2019 and before) or from the ENTSOE transparency data (only has load data from 2015 onwards).
 interpolate_limit,hours,integer,"Maximum gap size (consecutive nans) which interpolated linearly."
 time_shift_for_large_gaps,string,string,"Periods which are used for copying time-slices in order to fill large gaps of nans. Have to be valid ``pandas`` period strings."
 manual_adjustments,bool,"{true, false}","Whether to adjust the load data manually according to the function in :func:`manual_adjustment`."