diff --git a/migrations/20180207000000-remove-obsolete-autoupdate-pattern-setting.js b/migrations/20180207000000-remove-obsolete-autoupdate-pattern-setting.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1a6589f70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/20180207000000-remove-obsolete-autoupdate-pattern-setting.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+'use strict';
+
+exports.up = function(db, callback) {
+    db.runSql('DELETE FROM settings WHERE name=?', ['autoupdate_pattern'], function (error) {
+        if (error) console.error(error);
+        callback(error);
+    });
+};
+
+exports.down = function(db, callback) {
+    callback();
+};
diff --git a/src/settings.js b/src/settings.js
index dacee89ff..949c2fbf8 100644
--- a/src/settings.js
+++ b/src/settings.js
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ exports = module.exports = {
     CAAS_CONFIG_KEY: 'caas_config',
 
     // strings
-    APP_AUTOUPDATE_PATTERN_KEY: 'autoupdate_pattern',
+    APP_AUTOUPDATE_PATTERN_KEY: 'app_autoupdate_pattern',
     BOX_AUTOUPDATE_PATTERN_KEY: 'box_autoupdate_pattern',
     TIME_ZONE_KEY: 'time_zone',
     CLOUDRON_NAME_KEY: 'cloudron_name',