diff --git a/docs/developers/constants.rst b/docs/developers/constants.rst
index b542bee11..e1f31099b 100644
--- a/docs/developers/constants.rst
+++ b/docs/developers/constants.rst
@@ -73,7 +73,9 @@ The other constants
 
 .. php:const:: SHOW_STICKY_NAV
 
-	The sticky nav appears on the homepage and all internal pages, and on mobile devices, governed by ``SHOW_STICKY_NAV``. ``SHOW_STICKY_NAV`` my be defined to be true or false, but the easiest way to set it is to check "Show the Sticky Nav" in the Theme Options section of Largo.
+	**DEPRECATED** in Largo version 0.5.5. Conditional logic based on this constant should remove the conditional logic, and make sure that the HTML stucture is similar to that of `partials/nav_sticky.php <https://github.com/INN/Largo/blob/master/partials/nav-sticky.php>`_. The element ``#sticky-nav-holder`` will be shown or hidden by `navigation.js <https://github.com/INN/Largo/blob/master/js/navigation.js>`_.
+
+	The sticky nav used to appear on the homepage and all internal pages, and on mobile devices, governed by ``SHOW_STICKY_NAV``. ``SHOW_STICKY_NAV`` may be defined to be true or false.
 
 .. php:const:: SHOW_MAIN_NAV
 
diff --git a/functions.php b/functions.php
index 9e6119f9a..1859f1c2c 100644
--- a/functions.php
+++ b/functions.php
@@ -296,12 +296,13 @@ private function template_constants() {
 		if ( ! defined( 'SHOW_GLOBAL_NAV' ) ) {
 			define( 'SHOW_GLOBAL_NAV', TRUE );
 		}
+		/*
+		 * SHOW_STICKY_NAV is deprecated.
+		 * @link https://github.com/INN/Largo/issues/1135
+		 * @since 0.5.5
+		 */
 		if ( ! defined( 'SHOW_STICKY_NAV' ) ) {
-			if ( of_get_option( 'show_sticky_nav' ) ) {
-				define( 'SHOW_STICKY_NAV', TRUE );
-			} else {
-				define( 'SHOW_STICKY_NAV', FALSE );
-			}
+			define( 'SHOW_STICKY_NAV', FALSE );
 		}
 		if ( ! defined( 'SHOW_MAIN_NAV' ) ) {
 			define( 'SHOW_MAIN_NAV', TRUE );
diff --git a/inc/header-footer.php b/inc/header-footer.php
index 7df3173f0..10493c9fd 100644
--- a/inc/header-footer.php
+++ b/inc/header-footer.php
@@ -1,17 +1,20 @@
 <?php
 
 /**
- * Check for active Sticky Nav
+ * DEPRECATED: Check the constant SHOW_STICKY_NAV.
  *
- * Checks both the option and the constant to see if the sticky nav is currently showing.
+ * Whether or not the sticky nav is displayed is determined by the javascript in js/navigation.js, since Largo 0.5.4.
  *
- * @since 0.5.2
+ * @return Bool
+ * @deprecated the constant SHOW_STICKY_NAV is deprecated
+ * @link https://github.com/INN/Largo/issues/1135
+ * @since 0.5.5
  */
 function largo_sticky_nav_active() {
-    if ( SHOW_STICKY_NAV == true && of_get_option( 'show_sticky_nav' ) ) {
-        return true;
-    }
-    return false;
+	if ( SHOW_STICKY_NAV ) {
+		return true;
+	}
+	return false;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/inc/update.php b/inc/update.php
index c1f9a6089..da9a8f53c 100644
--- a/inc/update.php
+++ b/inc/update.php
@@ -368,11 +368,6 @@ function largo_update_prominence_term_description_single($update, $term_descript
 function largo_force_settings_update() {
 	$options = array();
 	// paste in default settings from options.php after this line;
-	$options[] = array(
-		'desc'  => __('Show the <strong>sticky nav</strong>? Default is to show, but in some cases you may want to hide it.'),
-		'id'    => 'show_sticky_nav',
-		'std' 	=> '1',
-		'type' 	=> 'checkbox');
 	$options[] = array(
 		'desc' 	=> __('Starting with version 0.4, Largo introduced a new single-post template that more prominently highlights article content, which is the default. For backward compatibility, the pre-0.3 version is also available.', 'largo'),
 		'id' 	=> 'single_template',
diff --git a/tests/inc/test-update.php b/tests/inc/test-update.php
index 54fe48c58..e5d7e8c95 100644
--- a/tests/inc/test-update.php
+++ b/tests/inc/test-update.php
@@ -359,7 +359,6 @@ function test_largo_update_prominence_term_descriptions() {
 	function test_largo_force_settings_update() {
 		of_reset_options();
 		largo_force_settings_update();
-		$this->assertEquals('1', of_get_option('show_sticky_nav'));
 		$this->assertEquals('normal', of_get_option('single_template'));
 	}