diff --git a/plugin.xml b/plugin.xml
index d4c937a..7653bdf 100644
--- a/plugin.xml
+++ b/plugin.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
             </feature>
             <preference name="StatusBarOverlaysWebView" value="true" />
             <preference name="StatusBarBackgroundColor" value="#000000" />
-            <preference name="StatusBarStyle" value="lightContent" /> <!-- default, lightContent, blackTranslucent, blackOpaque -->
         </config-file>
         
         <!-- add this manually for now, crash bug - see https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-5012
diff --git a/src/ios/CDVStatusBar.m b/src/ios/CDVStatusBar.m
index 0809d24..bccb012 100644
--- a/src/ios/CDVStatusBar.m
+++ b/src/ios/CDVStatusBar.m
@@ -60,11 +60,6 @@
     if ([self settingForKey:setting]) {
         [self _statusBarBackgroundColorByHexString:[self settingForKey:setting]];
     }
-    
-    setting  = @"StatusBarStyle";
-    if ([self settingForKey:setting]) {
-        [self setStatusBarStyle:[self settingForKey:setting]];
-    }
 }
 
 - (void) setStatusBarOverlaysWebView:(BOOL)statusBarOverlaysWebView