diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/ConfigurationKeyAttribute.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/ConfigurationKeyAttribute.cs
index d0804f0443..8f8bc50c3e 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/ConfigurationKeyAttribute.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/ConfigurationKeyAttribute.cs
@@ -11,34 +11,18 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Configuration
 	[AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Class, AllowMultiple = false, Inherited = false)]
 	internal sealed class ConfigurationKeyAttribute : Attribute
 	{
-		/// <summary>
-		/// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="ConfigurationKeyAttribute"/> class with a configuration key.
-		/// </summary>
-		/// <param name="configurationKey">The configurationkey.</param>
-		/// <remarks>The default configuration key type is <c>Umbraco</c>.</remarks>
-		public ConfigurationKeyAttribute(string configurationKey)
-            : this(configurationKey, ConfigurationKeyType.Umbraco)
-		{ }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="ConfigurationKeyAttribute"/> class with a configuration key and a key type.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="configurationKey">The configurationkey.</param>
-        /// <param name="keyType">The key type.</param>
-        public ConfigurationKeyAttribute(string configurationKey, ConfigurationKeyType keyType)
-        {
-            ConfigurationKey = configurationKey;
-            KeyType = keyType;
-        }
+	    /// <summary>
+	    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="ConfigurationKeyAttribute"/> class with a configuration key.
+	    /// </summary>
+	    /// <param name="configurationKey">The configurationkey.</param>
+	    public ConfigurationKeyAttribute(string configurationKey)
+	    {
+	        ConfigurationKey = configurationKey;
+	    }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets the configuration key.
         /// </summary>
         public string ConfigurationKey { get; private set; }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets or sets the configuration key type.
-        /// </summary>
-        public ConfigurationKeyType KeyType { get; private set; }
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/ConfigurationKeyType.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/ConfigurationKeyType.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 53c7472e94..0000000000
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/ConfigurationKeyType.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Linq;
-using System.Text;
-
-namespace Umbraco.Core.Configuration
-{
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Indicates the type of configuration section keys.
-    /// </summary>
-    internal enum ConfigurationKeyType
-    {
-        /// <summary>
-        /// An Umbraco section ie with path "/umbraco/sectionKey".
-        /// </summary>
-        Umbraco,
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// An Umbraco plugins section ie with path "/umbraco.plugins/sectionKey".
-        /// </summary>
-        Plugins,
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// A raw section ie with path "/sectionKey".
-        /// </summary>
-        Raw
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/UmbracoSettings.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/UmbracoSettings.cs
index 738c46efec..3249428311 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/UmbracoSettings.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/UmbracoSettings.cs
@@ -1483,34 +1483,19 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Configuration
                 if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(sectionKey))
                     throw new InvalidOperationException(string.Format("Type \"{0}\" ConfigurationKeyAttribute value is null or empty.", sectionType.FullName));
 
-                var keyType = attr.KeyType;
-                var section = GetSection(sectionType, sectionKey, keyType);
+                var section = GetSection(sectionType, sectionKey);
 
                 Sections[sectionType] = section;
                 return section as T;
             }
         }
 
-        private static UmbracoConfigurationSection GetSection(Type sectionType, string key, ConfigurationKeyType keyType)
+        private static UmbracoConfigurationSection GetSection(Type sectionType, string key)
         {
             if (!sectionType.Inherits<UmbracoConfigurationSection>())
                  throw new ArgumentException(string.Format(
                     "Type \"{0}\" does not inherit from UmbracoConfigurationSection.", sectionType.FullName), "sectionType");
 
-            switch (keyType)
-            {
-                case ConfigurationKeyType.Umbraco:
-                    key = "umbraco/" + key;
-                    break;
-                case ConfigurationKeyType.Plugins:
-                    key = "umbraco.plugins/" + key;
-                    break;
-                case ConfigurationKeyType.Raw:
-                    break;
-                default:
-                    throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException("keyType", keyType, "Invalid ConfigurationKeyType value.");
-            }
-
             var section = ConfigurationManager.GetSection(key);
 
             if (section != null && section.GetType() != sectionType)
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj b/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj
index 135632c68a..dffb6ddafd 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj
@@ -115,7 +115,6 @@
     <Compile Include="Configuration\CaseInsensitiveEnumConfigConverter.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Configuration\ClientDependencyConfiguration.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Configuration\ConfigurationKeyAttribute.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="Configuration\ConfigurationKeyType.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Configuration\FileSystemProviderElement.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Configuration\FileSystemProviderElementCollection.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Configuration\FileSystemProvidersSection.cs" />
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/BaseRest/Configuration/BaseRestSection.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/BaseRest/Configuration/BaseRestSection.cs
index 6fd437c5f1..9f0cf6e2ed 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/BaseRest/Configuration/BaseRestSection.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/BaseRest/Configuration/BaseRestSection.cs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.BaseRest.Configuration
 {
     // note: the name should be "BaseRest" but we keep it "BaseRestSection" for compat. reasons.
 
-    [ConfigurationKey("BaseRestExtensions", ConfigurationKeyType.Raw)]
+    [ConfigurationKey("BaseRestExtensions")]
     internal class BaseRestSection : UmbracoConfigurationSection
     {
         private const string KeyEnabled = "enabled";
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Configuration/WebRouting.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/Configuration/WebRouting.cs
index b6f468e133..1e1beba18f 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Configuration/WebRouting.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Configuration/WebRouting.cs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.Configuration
     /// <summary>
     /// The Web.Routing settings section.
     /// </summary>
-    [ConfigurationKey("web.routing", ConfigurationKeyType.Umbraco)]
+    [ConfigurationKey("umbraco/web.routing")]
     internal class WebRouting : UmbracoConfigurationSection
     {
         private const string KeyTrySkipIisCustomErrors = "trySkipIisCustomErrors";