diff --git a/lib/templates/koma-letter2.lyx b/lib/templates/koma-letter2.lyx
index 7251ff3a16..be4e8b27dd 100644
--- a/lib/templates/koma-letter2.lyx
+++ b/lib/templates/koma-letter2.lyx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #LyX 2.2 created this file. For more info see http://www.lyx.org/
-\lyxformat 509
+\lyxformat 508
 \begin_document
 \begin_header
 \save_transient_properties true
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ parskip=false%          Change to true to use indent instead of skip (more optio
 \font_osf false
 \font_sf_scale 100 100
 \font_tt_scale 100 100
-\use_microtype false
 \graphics default
 \default_output_format default
 \output_sync 0