diff --git a/backend.php b/backend.php
index 8ccc503af..38af31c1c 100644
--- a/backend.php
+++ b/backend.php
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
 		1   => __("Magpie"),
 		2   => __("SimplePie"));
 
-	if (ENABLE_SIMPLEPIE) {
+	if (DEFAULT_UPDATE_METHOD == "1") {
 		$update_methods[0] .= ' (SimplePie)';
 	} else {
 		$update_methods[0] .= ' (Magpie)';
diff --git a/config.php-dist b/config.php-dist
index 58811646d..ea236ff56 100644
--- a/config.php-dist
+++ b/config.php-dist
@@ -107,18 +107,10 @@
 	// Connection charset for MySQL. Only enable if having charset-related
 	// errors with MySQL (mangled characters, errors when updating feeds, etc).
 
-	define('ENABLE_SIMPLEPIE', false);
-	// Enables SimplePie RSS parsing library (experimental). When this option 
-	// is disabled, Tiny Tiny RSS defaults to Magpie library. 
-
-	// SimplePie is somewhat faster, more robust and less clunky as Magpie. 
-	// While it doesn't internally support HTTP Digest authentication 
-	// (required for Livejournal protected feeds and such) and SSL, it can
-	// support it when using CURL.
-
-	// To summarize, if your PHP has CURL extension or you aren't subscribed
-	// to any feeds using HTTP Digest authentication and Magpie XML parsing 
-	// errors are bothering you too much, you can try enabling SimplePie.
+	define('DEFAULT_UPDATE_METHOD', 0);
+	// Which feed parsing library to use as default:
+	// 0 - Magpie
+	// 1 - SimplePie
 
 	define('SIMPLEPIE_CACHE_DIR',	'/var/tmp/simplepie-ttrss-cache');
 	// Cache directory for RSS feeds when using SimplePie
@@ -196,7 +188,7 @@
 	// intervals is disabled and all articles (which are not starred) 
 	// older than this amount of days are purged.
 
-	define('CONFIG_VERSION', 18);
+	define('CONFIG_VERSION', 19);
 	// Expected config version. Please update this option in config.php
 	// if necessary (after migrating all new options from this file).
 
diff --git a/functions.php b/functions.php
index 4bf9cee4c..9bf2bcace 100644
--- a/functions.php
+++ b/functions.php
@@ -573,14 +573,10 @@
 		$auth_login = db_fetch_result($result, 0, "auth_login");
 		$auth_pass = db_fetch_result($result, 0, "auth_pass");
 
-		if (ALLOW_SELECT_UPDATE_METHOD) {
-			if (ENABLE_SIMPLEPIE) {
-				$use_simplepie = $update_method != 1;
-			} else {
-				$use_simplepie = $update_method == 2;
-			}
+		if (DEFAULT_UPDATE_METHOD == "1") {
+			$use_simplepie = $update_method != 1;
 		} else {
-			$use_simplepie = ENABLE_SIMPLEPIE;
+			$use_simplepie = $update_method == 2;
 		}
 
 		if (defined('DAEMON_EXTENDED_DEBUG') || $_REQUEST['xdebug']) {
@@ -3961,7 +3957,7 @@
 		}
 
 		error_reporting(0);
-		if (ENABLE_SIMPLEPIE) {
+		if (DEFAULT_UPDATE_INTERVAL == "1") {
 			$rss = new SimplePie();
 			$rss->set_useragent(SIMPLEPIE_USERAGENT . MAGPIE_USER_AGENT_EXT);
 //			$rss->set_timeout(MAGPIE_FETCH_TIME_OUT);
@@ -3975,7 +3971,7 @@
 
 		if ($rss) {
 
-			if (ENABLE_SIMPLEPIE) {
+			if (DEFAULT_UPDATE_METHOD == "1") {
 				$items = $rss->get_items();
 			} else {
 				$items = $rss->items;
@@ -3990,7 +3986,7 @@
 
 			$latest_item = $items[0];
 
-			if (ENABLE_SIMPLEPIE) {
+			if (DEFAULT_UPDATE_METHOD == "1") {
 				$last_title = $latest_item->get_title();
 			} else {
 				$last_title = $latest_item["title"];
@@ -3998,7 +3994,7 @@
 
 			$latest_version = trim(preg_replace("/(Milestone)|(completed)/", "", $last_title));
 
-			if (ENABLE_SIMPLEPIE) {
+			if (DEFAULT_UPDATE_METHOD == "1") {
 				$release_url = sanitize_rss($link, $latest_item->get_link());
 				$content = sanitize_rss($link, $latest_item->get_description());
 			} else {
diff --git a/modules/pref-feeds.php b/modules/pref-feeds.php
index 74232a670..c0d436cec 100644
--- a/modules/pref-feeds.php
+++ b/modules/pref-feeds.php
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@
 				$checked = "";
 			}
 
-			if (ENABLE_SIMPLEPIE && SIMPLEPIE_CACHE_IMAGES) {
+			if (SIMPLEPIE_CACHE_IMAGES) {
 				$disabled = "";
 				$label_class = "";
 			} else {
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@
 				__('Cache images locally')."</label>";
 
 
-			if (ENABLE_SIMPLEPIE && SIMPLEPIE_CACHE_IMAGES) {
+			if (SIMPLEPIE_CACHE_IMAGES) {
 				print "&nbsp;"; batch_edit_cbox("cache_images", "cache_images_l");
 			}
 
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@
 				$parent_qpart = 'parent_feed = NULL';
 			}
 
-			if (ENABLE_SIMPLEPIE && SIMPLEPIE_CACHE_IMAGES) {
+			if (SIMPLEPIE_CACHE_IMAGES) {
 				$cache_images_qpart = "cache_images = $cache_images,";
 			} else {
 				$cache_images_qpart = "";
diff --git a/sanity_check.php b/sanity_check.php
index d2f0e3177..b0d7477c7 100644
--- a/sanity_check.php
+++ b/sanity_check.php
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?php
 	require_once "functions.php";
 
-	define('EXPECTED_CONFIG_VERSION', 18);
+	define('EXPECTED_CONFIG_VERSION', 19);
 	define('SCHEMA_VERSION', 66);
 
 	if (!file_exists("config.php")) {
@@ -91,6 +91,15 @@
 
 	}
 
+	if (defined('ENABLE_SIMPLEPIE')) {
+		$err_msg = "config: ENABLE_SIMPLEPIE is obsolete and replaced with DEFAULT_UPDATE_METHOD. Please adjust your config.php.";
+	}
+
+	if (!defined('DEFAULT_UPDATE_METHOD') || (DEFAULT_UPDATE_METHOD != 0 &&
+			DEFAULT_UPDATE_METHOD != 1)) {
+		$err_msg = "config: DEFAULT_UPDATE_METHOD should be either 0 or 1.";		
+	}
+
 	if ($err_msg) {
 		print "<b>Fatal Error</b>: $err_msg\n";
 		exit;