diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt
index 4c6c80d0..6793a196 100644
--- a/README.txt
+++ b/README.txt
@@ -34,4 +34,5 @@ jQuery Superfish: http://users.tpg.com.au/j_birch/plugins/superfish/
 ----------------------
 - new CHANGELOG to keep track of changes
 - #156256 upgrade to SuperFish 1.3.2
-- upgrade to bgIframe 2.1.1 (for IE6 compatibility with forms)
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+- upgrade to bgIframe 2.1.1 (for IE6 compatibility with forms)    
+- remove RTL option; this conflicts with other changes and is properly implemented in Drupal 6
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diff --git a/simplemenu.module b/simplemenu.module
index ec476757..7300b117 100644
--- a/simplemenu.module
+++ b/simplemenu.module
@@ -36,11 +36,7 @@ function simplemenu_footer() {
     global $theme, $custom_theme;
     $path = drupal_get_path('module', 'simplemenu');
     drupal_add_css($path .'/simplemenu.css');
-    
-    if (variable_get('simplemenu_rtl', 0)) {
-      drupal_add_css($path .'/simplemenu_rtl.css');
-    }
-    
+        
     $settings = array(                       
       // pass in base path to the JS file
       // url() handles appending ?q= but in this case, we need to pass in the variable so the menus work when mod_rewrite is off
@@ -112,14 +108,7 @@ function simplemenu_admin_settings() {
     '#default_value' => variable_get('simplemenu_exclusions', array()),
     '#description' => t('Select which themes to <strong>not</strong> display the menu. Use this when you have a theme that displays its own admin navigation.'),
   );   
-  
-  $form['default_menu']['advanced']['simplemenu_rtl'] = array(
-    '#type' => 'checkbox',
-    '#title' => t('Set menu orientation to RTL'),
-    '#default_value' => variable_get('simplemenu_rtl', 0),
-    '#description' => t('Set the orientation of the menu to RTL for Eastern languages.')
-  );
-  
+    
   return system_settings_form($form);
 }
 
diff --git a/simplemenu_rtl.css b/simplemenu_rtl.css
deleted file mode 100644
index 9f2e657e..00000000
--- a/simplemenu_rtl.css
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-/* $Id$ */
-
-#simplemenu li
-{
-	float:right;
-	border-right:1px solid #eee;
-	border-left:1px solid #999;
-}
-
-#simplemenu a
-{
-	padding:.3em .6em .3em 2em;
-}
-
-#simplemenu li.expanded > a
-{
-	background:url(left-green.gif) no-repeat 3%;
-	padding-left:2em;
-}
-
-#simplemenu li.root > a
-{
-	font-weight:700;
-	background:url(down-green.gif) no-repeat 3%;
-}
-
-#simplemenu li li:hover ul,#simplemenu li li.sfhover ul
-{
-	left:-14.2em;
-}
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