diff --git a/packages/trace-viewer/src/ui/uiModeView.tsx b/packages/trace-viewer/src/ui/uiModeView.tsx
index 95c10c3382..a5f1af7d99 100644
--- a/packages/trace-viewer/src/ui/uiModeView.tsx
+++ b/packages/trace-viewer/src/ui/uiModeView.tsx
@@ -104,8 +104,6 @@ export const UIModeView: React.FC<{}> = ({
   const [showBrowser, setShowBrowser] = React.useState(false);
   const [updateSnapshots, setUpdateSnapshots] = React.useState(false);
   const [darkMode, setDarkMode] = useDarkModeSetting();
-  const [showScreenshot, setShowScreenshot] = useSetting('screenshot-instead-of-snapshot', false);
-
 
   const inputRef = React.useRef<HTMLInputElement>(null);
 
@@ -517,7 +515,6 @@ export const UIModeView: React.FC<{}> = ({
         </Toolbar>
         {settingsVisible && <SettingsView settings={[
           { value: darkMode, set: setDarkMode, title: 'Dark mode' },
-          { value: showScreenshot, set: setShowScreenshot, title: 'Show screenshot instead of snapshot' },
         ]} />}
       </div>
       }
diff --git a/packages/trace-viewer/src/ui/workbench.tsx b/packages/trace-viewer/src/ui/workbench.tsx
index 2905bb052f..4ea6efc95c 100644
--- a/packages/trace-viewer/src/ui/workbench.tsx
+++ b/packages/trace-viewer/src/ui/workbench.tsx
@@ -350,7 +350,8 @@ export const Workbench: React.FunctionComponent<{
           openPage={openPage} />}
         sidebar={
           <TabbedPane
-            tabs={showSettings ? [actionsTab, metadataTab, settingsTab] : [actionsTab, metadataTab]}
+            // Hide settings tab for now, it only includes screenshots as snapshots option which is not ready yet.
+            tabs={(showSettings && false) ? [actionsTab, metadataTab, settingsTab] : [actionsTab, metadataTab]}
             selectedTab={selectedNavigatorTab}
             setSelectedTab={setSelectedNavigatorTab}
           />