diff --git a/modules/title.module b/modules/title.module
index e06fa36c0cb..45fe9e284d7 100644
--- a/modules/title.module
+++ b/modules/title.module
@@ -66,26 +66,18 @@ function title_page() {
 
 // filter [node title|description] links. '|description' is optional.
 function title_filter($text) {
-  if (variable_get("title_filter_link", 0)) {
-    $pattern = '\[([^\|\]]+)(?>\|?)(.*?)\]';  // $1 == title: matches at least 1 char up to the first '|' or ']'
+  $pattern = '\[([^\|\]]+)(?>\|?)(.*?)\]';  // $1 == title: matches at least 1 char up to the first '|' or ']'
                                            // $2 == text: matches all after a following '|' (if there is) up to the next ']'. may include '|'s.
-    $replacement = 'l("$2" ? "$2" : "$1", "title/". urlencode("$1"))';
-    return preg_replace("/$pattern/e", $replacement, $text);
-  }
-  else {
-    return $text;
-  }
+  $replacement = 'l("$2" ? "$2" : "$1", "title/". urlencode("$1"))';
+  return preg_replace("/$pattern/e", $replacement, $text);
 }
 
 function title_conf_filters() {
-  $output = form_radios(t("Enable node link tags"), "title_filter_link", variable_get("title_filter_link", 0), array(t("Disabled"), t("Enabled")), t("Enable Wiki-like [node title|text] links. This will generate a link labeled 'text' to the node with the title 'node title'. If you omit '|text', the label becomes 'node title'. You may use a substring of a node title if desired. When multiple matching titles are found, a list of matching nodes will be displayed. If no matching titles are found, a full-text search is returned."));
-  return $output;
+  return form_group(t("Title filter"), t("Wiki-like [node title|text] links are enabled. These shortcuts generate a link labeled 'text' to the node with the title 'node title'. If you omit '|text', the label becomes 'node title'. You may use a substring of a node title if desired. When multiple matching titles are found, a list of matching nodes will be displayed. If no matching titles are found, a full-text search is returned."));
 }
 
 function title_compose_tips() {
-  if (variable_get("title_filter_link", 0)) {
-    return array(t("You may quickly link to another node using this syntax: <i>[node title|text]</i>. This will generate a link labeled 'text' to the node with the title 'node title'. If you omit '|text', the label becomes 'node title'."));
-  }
+  return array(t("You may quickly link to another node using this syntax: <em>[node title|text]</em>. This will generate a link labeled 'text' to the node with the title 'node title'. If you omit '|text', the label becomes 'node title'."));
 }
 
 ?>