diff --git a/typo3/sysext/core/Classes/Authentication/BackendUserAuthentication.php b/typo3/sysext/core/Classes/Authentication/BackendUserAuthentication.php
index 4fd063288e7289edd6839ff88ec5e85942d7249f..efd619a612fa7a540c14e53b54d82bdb6cbe6392 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/core/Classes/Authentication/BackendUserAuthentication.php
+++ b/typo3/sysext/core/Classes/Authentication/BackendUserAuthentication.php
@@ -2225,21 +2225,6 @@ class BackendUserAuthentication extends AbstractUserAuthentication
         $this->workspaceRec = $this->checkWorkspace($this->workspace, '*');
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Setting workspace preview state for user:
-     *
-     * @param bool $previewState State of user preview.
-     */
-    public function setWorkspacePreview($previewState)
-    {
-        $this->user['workspace_preview'] = $previewState;
-        GeneralUtility::makeInstance(ConnectionPool::class)->getConnectionForTable('be_users')->update(
-            'be_users',
-            ['workspace_preview_id' => $this->user['workspace_preview']],
-            ['uid' => (int)$this->user['uid']]
-        );
-    }
-
     /**
      * Return default workspace ID for user,
      * if EXT:workspaces is not installed the user will be pushed to the
diff --git a/typo3/sysext/core/ext_tables.sql b/typo3/sysext/core/ext_tables.sql
index 8addb9980dfe6edfda614c63e95eee8a3d9b8863..78fe09010ed7cb5e7ebe651af3853fb039f35a8e 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/core/ext_tables.sql
+++ b/typo3/sysext/core/ext_tables.sql
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ CREATE TABLE be_users (
 	createdByAction int(11) DEFAULT '0' NOT NULL,
 	usergroup_cached_list text,
 	workspace_id int(11) DEFAULT '0' NOT NULL,
-	workspace_preview tinyint(3) DEFAULT '1' NOT NULL,
 	category_perms text,
 	PRIMARY KEY (uid),
 	KEY parent (pid),
diff --git a/typo3/sysext/recycler/Tests/Functional/Fixtures/Database/be_users.xml b/typo3/sysext/recycler/Tests/Functional/Fixtures/Database/be_users.xml
index c386c25d162d0e62d135a08d67ea18457dcdff10..a7193453635ceb53481729a822d81924fb0cd11c 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/recycler/Tests/Functional/Fixtures/Database/be_users.xml
+++ b/typo3/sysext/recycler/Tests/Functional/Fixtures/Database/be_users.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 		<lastlogin>1371033743</lastlogin>
 		<createdByAction>0</createdByAction>
 		<workspace_id>0</workspace_id>
-		<workspace_preview>1</workspace_preview>
 	</be_users>
 	<be_users>
 		<uid>2</uid>
@@ -42,7 +41,6 @@
 		<lastlogin>1452944915</lastlogin>
 		<createdByAction>0</createdByAction>
 		<workspace_id>0</workspace_id>
-		<workspace_preview>1</workspace_preview>
 		<db_mountpoints>1</db_mountpoints>
 		<usergroup>1</usergroup>
 	</be_users>