diff --git a/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/ui/components/layout/context.jsx b/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/ui/components/layout/context.jsx
index 0cd9feda2bda3e5a383a7129408d9e7542fe8376..e250b3dc17869e1d09f24715fa1a836e2f5ec041 100644
--- a/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/ui/components/layout/context.jsx
+++ b/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/ui/components/layout/context.jsx
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 import React, { createContext, useReducer, useEffect } from 'react';
 import Storage from '/imports/ui/services/storage/session';
 
-const { webcamsDefaultPlacement } = Meteor.settings.public.layout;
-
 export const LayoutContext = createContext();
 
 const initialState = {
@@ -50,7 +48,7 @@ const initialState = {
   },
   webcamsAreaUserSetsHeight: 0,
   webcamsAreaUserSetsWidth: 0,
-  webcamsPlacement: webcamsDefaultPlacement || 'top',
+  webcamsPlacement: 'top',
   presentationAreaSize: {
     width: 0,
     height: 0,
diff --git a/bigbluebutton-html5/private/config/settings.yml b/bigbluebutton-html5/private/config/settings.yml
index e174c88df77a711cb1990f0d3f8d1b741838ca93..49a782012de790267f7bae1ece8389578ca9df02 100755
--- a/bigbluebutton-html5/private/config/settings.yml
+++ b/bigbluebutton-html5/private/config/settings.yml
@@ -400,7 +400,6 @@ public:
     autoSwapLayout: false
     hidePresentation: false
     showParticipantsOnLogin: true
-    webcamsDefaultPlacement: 'top'
   media:
     stunTurnServersFetchAddress: '/bigbluebutton/api/stuns'
     cacheStunTurnServers: true