diff --git a/app/src/main/java/io/github/sspanak/tt9/ime/modes/ModeCheonjiin.java b/app/src/main/java/io/github/sspanak/tt9/ime/modes/ModeCheonjiin.java
index b63fd15f..69ce43de 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/io/github/sspanak/tt9/ime/modes/ModeCheonjiin.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/io/github/sspanak/tt9/ime/modes/ModeCheonjiin.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class ModeCheonjiin extends InputMode {
 	protected ModeCheonjiin(SettingsStore settings, InputType inputType, TextField textField) {
 		super(settings, inputType);
 
-		SPECIAL_CHAR_SEQUENCE_PREFIX = settings.holdForPunctuationInKorean() ? "11" : "1";
+		SPECIAL_CHAR_SEQUENCE_PREFIX = "11";
 
 		digitSequence = "";
 		allowedTextCases.add(CASE_LOWER);
@@ -77,9 +77,7 @@ class ModeCheonjiin extends InputMode {
 	protected void setCustomSpecialCharacters() {
 		// special
 		KEY_CHARACTERS.add(TextTools.removeLettersFromList(applyPunctuationOrder(Characters.Special, 0)));
-		if (settings.holdForPunctuationInKorean()) {
-			KEY_CHARACTERS.get(0).add(0, "0");
-		}
+		KEY_CHARACTERS.get(0).add(0, "0");
 
 		// punctuation
 		KEY_CHARACTERS.add(
@@ -107,7 +105,7 @@ class ModeCheonjiin extends InputMode {
 
 	@Override
 	public boolean onBackspace() {
-		if (settings.holdForPunctuationInKorean() && digitSequence.equals(PUNCTUATION_SEQUENCE)) {
+		if (digitSequence.equals(PUNCTUATION_SEQUENCE)) {
 			digitSequence = "";
 		} else if (digitSequence.equals(SPECIAL_CHAR_SEQUENCE) || (!digitSequence.startsWith(PUNCTUATION_SEQUENCE) && Cheonjiin.isSingleJamo(digitSequence))) {
 			digitSequence = "";
@@ -137,10 +135,10 @@ class ModeCheonjiin extends InputMode {
 
 
 	protected void onNumberHold(int number) {
-		if (settings.holdForPunctuationInKorean() && number == 0) {
+		if (number == 0) {
 			disablePredictions = false;
 			digitSequence = SPECIAL_CHAR_SEQUENCE;
-		} else if (settings.holdForPunctuationInKorean() && number == 1) {
+		} else if (number == 1) {
 			disablePredictions = false;
 			digitSequence = PUNCTUATION_SEQUENCE;
 		} else {
@@ -169,10 +167,6 @@ class ModeCheonjiin extends InputMode {
 		final int repeatingDigits = digitSequence.length() > 1 && digitSequence.charAt(digitSequence.length() - 1) == nextChar ? Cheonjiin.getRepeatingEndingDigits(digitSequence) : 0;
 		final int keyCharsCount = nextNumber == 0 ? 2 : language.getKeyCharacters(nextNumber).size();
 
-		if (!settings.holdForPunctuationInKorean() && SPECIAL_CHAR_SEQUENCE.equals(digitSequence + nextNumber)) {
-			return 0;
-		}
-
 		if (SPECIAL_CHAR_SEQUENCE.equals(digitSequence)) {
 			return SPECIAL_CHAR_SEQUENCE.length();
 		}
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/io/github/sspanak/tt9/preferences/settings/SettingsHacks.java b/app/src/main/java/io/github/sspanak/tt9/preferences/settings/SettingsHacks.java
index 36a93d8c..1413ed1d 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/io/github/sspanak/tt9/preferences/settings/SettingsHacks.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/io/github/sspanak/tt9/preferences/settings/SettingsHacks.java
@@ -37,10 +37,6 @@ class SettingsHacks extends BaseSettings {
 
 	/************* hack settings *************/
 
-	public boolean holdForPunctuationInKorean() {
-		return prefs.getBoolean("pref_hold_for_punctuation_in_korean", true);
-	}
-
 	public int getSuggestionScrollingDelay() {
 		boolean defaultOn = DeviceInfo.noTouchScreen(context) && Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < Build.VERSION_CODES.Q;
 		return prefs.getBoolean("pref_alternative_suggestion_scrolling", defaultOn) ? 200 : 0;
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/xml/prefs_screen_debug.xml b/app/src/main/res/xml/prefs_screen_debug.xml
index a8eeebbb..26a1b109 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/xml/prefs_screen_debug.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/xml/prefs_screen_debug.xml
@@ -19,13 +19,6 @@
 		<DropDownPreference
 			app:key="pref_input_handling_mode"
 			app:title="Keypad Handling Mode" />
-
-		<SwitchPreferenceCompat
-			app:defaultValue="true"
-			app:key="pref_hold_for_punctuation_in_korean"
-			app:title="Hold to type special chars in Korean"
-			app:summaryOff="Type special chars by multi-pressing 1-key or 0-key"
-			app:summaryOn="Type special chars by holding 1-key or 0-key" />
 	</PreferenceCategory>
 
 	<PreferenceCategory app:title="Logging" app:singleLineTitle="true">