diff --git a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/nearby/NearbyController.java b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/nearby/NearbyController.java
index 58c8bb8a7..6ca626299 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/nearby/NearbyController.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/nearby/NearbyController.java
@@ -41,9 +41,7 @@ public class NearbyController {
         }
         NearbyPlaces nearbyPlaces = CommonsApplication.getInstance().getNearbyPlaces();
         SharedPreferences prefs = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(context);
-        List<Place> places = prefs.getBoolean("useWikidata", true)
-                ? nearbyPlaces.getFromWikidataQuery(curLatLng, Locale.getDefault().getLanguage())
-                : nearbyPlaces.getFromWikiNeedsPictures();
+        List<Place> places = nearbyPlaces.getFromWikidataQuery(curLatLng, Locale.getDefault().getLanguage());
         if (curLatLng != null) {
             Timber.d("Sorting places by distance...");
             final Map<Place, Double> distances = new HashMap<>();
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/nearby/NearbyPlaces.java b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/nearby/NearbyPlaces.java
index de14a2ef8..8a6e9adca 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/nearby/NearbyPlaces.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/nearby/NearbyPlaces.java
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package fr.free.nrw.commons.nearby;
 
 import android.net.Uri;
-import android.os.StrictMode;
 
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -30,7 +29,6 @@ public class NearbyPlaces {
     private static final Uri WIKIDATA_QUERY_UI_URL = Uri.parse("https://query.wikidata.org/");
     private final String wikidataQuery;
     private double radius = INITIAL_RADIUS;
-    private List<Place> places;
 
     public NearbyPlaces() {
         try {
@@ -141,66 +139,4 @@ public class NearbyPlaces {
 
         return places;
     }
-
-    List<Place> getFromWikiNeedsPictures() {
-        if (places != null) {
-            return places;
-        } else {
-            try {
-                places = new ArrayList<>();
-                StrictMode.ThreadPolicy policy
-                        = new StrictMode.ThreadPolicy.Builder().permitAll().build();
-                StrictMode.setThreadPolicy(policy);
-
-                URL file = new URL("https://tools.wmflabs.org/wiki-needs-pictures/data/data.csv");
-
-                BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(file.openStream()));
-
-                boolean firstLine = true;
-                String line;
-                Timber.d("Reading from CSV file...");
-
-                while ((line = in.readLine()) != null) {
-
-                    // Skip CSV header.
-                    if (firstLine) {
-                        firstLine = false;
-                        continue;
-                    }
-
-                    String[] fields = line.split(",");
-                    String name = Utils.stripLocalizedString(fields[0]);
-
-                    double latitude;
-                    double longitude;
-                    try {
-                        latitude = Double.parseDouble(fields[1]);
-                    } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
-                        latitude = 0;
-                    }
-                    try {
-                        longitude = Double.parseDouble(fields[2]);
-                    } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
-                        longitude = 0;
-                    }
-
-                    String type = fields[3];
-
-                    places.add(new Place(
-                            name,
-                            Place.Description.fromText(type), // list
-                            type, // details
-                            null,
-                            new LatLng(latitude, longitude, 0),
-                            new Sitelinks.Builder().build()
-                    ));
-                }
-                in.close();
-
-            } catch (IOException e) {
-                Timber.d(e.toString());
-            }
-        }
-        return places;
-    }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/xml/preferences.xml b/app/src/main/res/xml/preferences.xml
index b7b63d39c..bf6b55686 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/xml/preferences.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/xml/preferences.xml
@@ -31,13 +31,6 @@
         android:key="theme"
         />
 
-    <CheckBoxPreference
-        android:key="useWikidata"
-        android:title="@string/use_wikidata"
-        android:defaultValue="true"
-        android:summary="@string/use_wikidata_summary"
-        />
-
     <EditTextPreference
         android:key="uploads"
         android:defaultValue="100"