diff --git a/Asset/js/save-close.js b/Asset/js/save-close.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 12fa30a..0000000
--- a/Asset/js/save-close.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * OrganonTweaks -- the "Save & Close" button on the task edit form. It is a plain type=button (so it
- * never becomes the Enter default -- Enter still triggers the core Save), and on click it repoints
- * the form to the plugin's TaskSaveCloseController and lets Kanboard's own modal submit it. Kanboard
- * keeps ownership of the POST, CSRF, error re-render, and the X-Ajax-Redirect navigation; we only
- * change the destination, so the controller redirects to the board instead of the card view.
- */
-(function () {
-    "use strict";
-
-    document.addEventListener("click", function (e) {
-        if (!e.target || !e.target.closest) {
-            return;
-        }
-
-        var btn = e.target.closest("[data-organon-save-close]");
-        if (!btn) {
-            return;
-        }
-
-        e.preventDefault();
-
-        var form = btn.closest("form");
-        var url = btn.getAttribute("data-url");
-        if (!form || !url) {
-            return;
-        }
-
-        form.setAttribute("action", url);
-
-        if (window.KB && KB.modal && KB.modal.isOpen && KB.modal.isOpen() && KB.modal.submitForm) {
-            KB.modal.submitForm();
-        } else if (form.requestSubmit) {
-            form.requestSubmit();
-        } else {
-            form.submit();
-        }
-    }, false);
-})();
diff --git a/Controller/ConfigController.php b/Controller/ConfigController.php
index 876f31d..7ca854e 100644
--- a/Controller/ConfigController.php
+++ b/Controller/ConfigController.php
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ class ConfigController extends BaseController
                 'organon_tweaks_recurring_filters' => (int) $this->configModel->get('organon_tweaks_recurring_filters', 1),
                 'organon_tweaks_shortcut_labels' => (int) $this->configModel->get('organon_tweaks_shortcut_labels', 1),
                 'organon_tweaks_title_click_edit' => (int) $this->configModel->get('organon_tweaks_title_click_edit', 1),
-                'organon_tweaks_save_close_button' => (int) $this->configModel->get('organon_tweaks_save_close_button', 1),
             ),
             'errors' => array(),
         )));
@@ -44,7 +43,6 @@ class ConfigController extends BaseController
         $recurringFilters = isset($values['organon_tweaks_recurring_filters']) ? 1 : 0;
         $shortcutLabels = isset($values['organon_tweaks_shortcut_labels']) ? 1 : 0;
         $titleClickEdit = isset($values['organon_tweaks_title_click_edit']) ? 1 : 0;
-        $saveCloseButton = isset($values['organon_tweaks_save_close_button']) ? 1 : 0;
 
         if ($this->configModel->save(array(
             'organon_tweaks_always_comment_icon' => $alwaysCommentIcon,
@@ -57,7 +55,6 @@ class ConfigController extends BaseController
             'organon_tweaks_recurring_filters' => $recurringFilters,
             'organon_tweaks_shortcut_labels' => $shortcutLabels,
             'organon_tweaks_title_click_edit' => $titleClickEdit,
-            'organon_tweaks_save_close_button' => $saveCloseButton,
         ))) {
             $this->flash->success(t('Settings saved successfully.'));
         } else {
diff --git a/Controller/TaskSaveCloseController.php b/Controller/TaskSaveCloseController.php
deleted file mode 100644
index a402079..0000000
--- a/Controller/TaskSaveCloseController.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-namespace Kanboard\Plugin\OrganonTweaks\Controller;
-
-use Kanboard\Controller\TaskModificationController;
-
-/**
- * "Save & Close": the exact core task update, but on success it redirects to the BOARD instead of
- * reopening the card view. The plugin's "Save & Close" button repoints the edit form here (via JS),
- * so everything else -- validation, permission checks, CSRF, and the modal error re-render -- is
- * inherited unchanged from core TaskModificationController. This mirrors core update() line for line
- * except the one redirect target (kept in sync on Kanboard upgrades).
- */
-class TaskSaveCloseController extends TaskModificationController
-{
-    public function update()
-    {
-        $task = $this->getTask();
-        $values = $this->request->getValues();
-        $values['id'] = $task['id'];
-        $values['project_id'] = $task['project_id'];
-
-        list($valid, $errors) = $this->taskValidator->validateModification($values);
-
-        if ($valid && $this->updateTask($task, $values, $errors)) {
-            $this->flash->success(t('Task updated successfully.'));
-            $this->response->redirect($this->helper->url->to('BoardViewController', 'show', array('project_id' => $task['project_id'])), true);
-        } else {
-            $this->flash->failure(t('Unable to update your task.'));
-            $this->edit($values, $errors);
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/Plugin.php b/Plugin.php
index ac94715..67c783d 100644
--- a/Plugin.php
+++ b/Plugin.php
@@ -77,17 +77,6 @@ class Plugin extends Base
             $this->template->hook->attach('template:board:private:task:before-title', 'organonTweaks:board/title_edit');
         }
 
-        // Tweak: a "Save & Close" button on the task edit form that saves and returns to the board
-        // (core only reopens the card view). The button posts to a small plugin controller that
-        // reuses core's update and changes only the redirect; the JS repoints the form action, so
-        // Kanboard's modal still owns the submit, CSRF, and error re-render.
-        if ((int) $this->configModel->get('organon_tweaks_save_close_button', 1) === 1) {
-            $this->template->hook->attach('template:task:form:bottom-before-buttons', 'organonTweaks:task_form/save_close_button');
-            $this->hook->on('template:layout:js', array(
-                'template' => 'plugins/OrganonTweaks/Asset/js/save-close.js',
-            ));
-        }
-
         // Auto-managed shared custom filters (v1.5 "Show all tasks", v1.6 month filters, v1.7
         // recurring filters). Ensured lazily whenever a project header renders (covers old + new
         // boards); each group is gated by its own config toggle inside
@@ -139,7 +128,7 @@ class Plugin extends Base
 
     public function getPluginVersion()
     {
-        return '1.8.0';
+        return '1.8.1';
     }
 
     public function getPluginHomepage()
diff --git a/Template/config/show.php b/Template/config/show.php
index 5e66f55..0dd89d6 100644
--- a/Template/config/show.php
+++ b/Template/config/show.php
@@ -57,9 +57,6 @@
 
         <?= $this->form->checkbox('organon_tweaks_title_click_edit', t('Clicking a task title opens the edit form'), 1, isset($values['organon_tweaks_title_click_edit']) && $values['organon_tweaks_title_click_edit'] == 1) ?>
         <p class="form-help"><?= t('On the board and the card view, click the title to open the edit modal (only where you may edit).') ?></p>
-
-        <?= $this->form->checkbox('organon_tweaks_save_close_button', t('Add a "Save & Close" button to the task edit form'), 1, isset($values['organon_tweaks_save_close_button']) && $values['organon_tweaks_save_close_button'] == 1) ?>
-        <p class="form-help"><?= t('Saves the task and returns to the board, instead of reopening the card view.') ?></p>
     </fieldset>
 
     <div class="form-actions">
diff --git a/Template/task_form/save_close_button.php b/Template/task_form/save_close_button.php
deleted file mode 100644
index b5a9ed3..0000000
--- a/Template/task_form/save_close_button.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-<?php $task_id = isset($values['id']) ? (int) $values['id'] : 0 ?>
-<?php if ($task_id > 0): ?>
-    <button type="button" class="btn"
-            data-organon-save-close="1"
-            data-url="<?= $this->url->href('TaskSaveCloseController', 'update', array('plugin' => 'OrganonTweaks', 'task_id' => $task_id)) ?>">
-        <?= t('Save & Close') ?>
-    </button>
-<?php endif ?>
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 1439ad4..47a04bd 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-OrganonTweaks v1.8
+OrganonTweaks v1.8.1