diff --git a/admin/settings/appearance.php b/admin/settings/appearance.php
index 7804f64ebdb..8ae08d7ed6f 100644
--- a/admin/settings/appearance.php
+++ b/admin/settings/appearance.php
@@ -181,7 +181,6 @@ if ($hassiteconfig or has_any_capability($capabilities, $systemcontext)) { // sp
         new lang_string('confignavcourselimit', 'admin'), 10, PARAM_INT));
     $temp->add(new admin_setting_configcheckbox('usesitenameforsitepages', new lang_string('usesitenameforsitepages', 'admin'), new lang_string('configusesitenameforsitepages', 'admin'), 0));
     $temp->add(new admin_setting_configcheckbox('linkadmincategories', new lang_string('linkadmincategories', 'admin'), new lang_string('linkadmincategories_help', 'admin'), 1));
-    $temp->add(new admin_setting_configcheckbox('linkcoursesections', new lang_string('linkcoursesections', 'admin'), new lang_string('linkcoursesections_help', 'admin'), 1));
     $temp->add(new admin_setting_configcheckbox('navshowfrontpagemods', new lang_string('navshowfrontpagemods', 'admin'), new lang_string('navshowfrontpagemods_help', 'admin'), 1));
     $temp->add(new admin_setting_configcheckbox('navadduserpostslinks', new lang_string('navadduserpostslinks', 'admin'), new lang_string('navadduserpostslinks_help', 'admin'), 1));
 
diff --git a/course/format/upgrade.txt b/course/format/upgrade.txt
index f6b2c0eb073..5e4c0233f9d 100644
--- a/course/format/upgrade.txt
+++ b/course/format/upgrade.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ Overview of this plugin type at https://moodledev.io/docs/apis/plugintypes/forma
   valid section move mutation.
 * The state action core_courseformat\stateactions::section_move is deprecated and
   replaced by core_courseformat\stateactions::section_move_after.
+* $CFG->linkcoursesections setting has been completely removed because it's not required anymore. From now on, sections will be
+always linked because a new page, section.php, has been created to display any single section.
 
 === 4.3 ===
 * New core_courseformat\output\activitybadge class that can be extended by any module to display content near the activity name.
diff --git a/lang/en/admin.php b/lang/en/admin.php
index ff66d1db2dc..3aea88af19f 100644
--- a/lang/en/admin.php
+++ b/lang/en/admin.php
@@ -793,8 +793,6 @@ $string['libcurlwarning'] = 'It has been detected that libcurl doesn\'t have CUR
 $string['licensesettings'] = 'Licence settings';
 $string['linkadmincategories'] = 'Link admin categories';
 $string['linkadmincategories_help'] = 'If enabled admin setting categories will be displayed as links in the navigation and will lead to the admin category pages.';
-$string['linkcoursesections'] = 'Always link course sections';
-$string['linkcoursesections_help'] = 'Always try to provide a link for course sections. Course sections are usually only shown as links if the course format displays a single section per page. If this setting is enabled a link will always be provided.';
 $string['loading'] = 'Loading';
 $string['localetext'] = 'Sitewide locale';
 $string['localstringcustomization'] = 'Local string customization';
@@ -1638,3 +1636,5 @@ $string['unsettheme'] = 'Unset theme';
 // Deprecated since Moodle 4.4.
 $string['taskdeletecachetext'] = 'Delete old text cache records';
 $string['themesettings'] = 'Theme settings';
+$string['linkcoursesections'] = 'Always link course sections';
+$string['linkcoursesections_help'] = 'Always try to provide a link for course sections. Course sections are usually only shown as links if the course format displays a single section per page. If this setting is enabled a link will always be provided.';
diff --git a/lang/en/deprecated.txt b/lang/en/deprecated.txt
index ab6432d6f21..3db1a425c0b 100644
--- a/lang/en/deprecated.txt
+++ b/lang/en/deprecated.txt
@@ -115,3 +115,5 @@ taskdeletecachetext,core_admin
 themesettings,core_admin
 copycourseheading,core_backup
 backupcourse,core_backup
+linkcoursesections,core_admin
+linkcoursesections_help,core_admin
diff --git a/lib/db/upgrade.php b/lib/db/upgrade.php
index b805206224c..d0a47fcc39e 100644
--- a/lib/db/upgrade.php
+++ b/lib/db/upgrade.php
@@ -856,5 +856,13 @@ function xmldb_main_upgrade($oldversion) {
         upgrade_main_savepoint(true, 2023110900.00);
     }
 
+    if ($oldversion < 2023120100.01) {
+        // The $CFG->linkcoursesections setting has been removed because it's not required anymore.
+        // From now, sections will be always linked because a new page, section.php, has been created to display a single section.
+        unset_config('linkcoursesections');
+
+        upgrade_main_savepoint(true, 2023120100.01);
+    }
+
     return true;
 }
diff --git a/version.php b/version.php
index 5024b851df7..0b368dce6f1 100644
--- a/version.php
+++ b/version.php
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 defined('MOODLE_INTERNAL') || die();
 
-$version  = 2023120100.00;              // YYYYMMDD      = weekly release date of this DEV branch.
+$version  = 2023120100.01;              // YYYYMMDD      = weekly release date of this DEV branch.
                                         //         RR    = release increments - 00 in DEV branches.
                                         //           .XX = incremental changes.
 $release  = '4.4dev (Build: 20231201)'; // Human-friendly version name