diff --git a/phpBB/includes/session.php b/phpBB/includes/session.php
index 50b6ac7406..d988426a87 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/session.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/session.php
@@ -1507,7 +1507,6 @@ class user extends session
 
 	// Able to add new options (up to id 31)
 	var $keyoptions = array('viewimg' => 0, 'viewflash' => 1, 'viewsmilies' => 2, 'viewsigs' => 3, 'viewavatars' => 4, 'viewcensors' => 5, 'attachsig' => 6, 'bbcode' => 8, 'smilies' => 9, 'popuppm' => 10, 'sig_bbcode' => 15, 'sig_smilies' => 16, 'sig_links' => 17);
-	var $keyvalues = array();
 
 	/**
 	* Constructor to set the lang path
@@ -2341,13 +2340,8 @@ class user extends session
 	*/
 	function optionget($key, $data = false)
 	{
-		if (!isset($this->keyvalues[$key]))
-		{
-			$var = ($data !== false) ? $data : $this->data['user_options'];
-			$this->keyvalues[$key] = ($var & 1 << $this->keyoptions[$key]) ? true : false;
-		}
-
-		return $this->keyvalues[$key];
+		$var = ($data !== false) ? $data : $this->data['user_options'];
+		return ($var & 1 << $this->keyoptions[$key]) ? true : false;
 	}
 
 	/**