diff --git a/Classes/Domain/Model/News.php b/Classes/Domain/Model/News.php
index fd90345e4a839e2c057ab9aa3225b00a2da235f3..d273fa1b68627f95da8447f31749ae9d0ac39bfa 100644
--- a/Classes/Domain/Model/News.php
+++ b/Classes/Domain/Model/News.php
@@ -26,12 +26,8 @@ namespace SGalinski\SgNews\Domain\Model;
  *  This copyright notice MUST APPEAR in all copies of the script!
  ***************************************************************/
 
-use SGalinski\SgNews\Domain\Repository\NewsRepository;
-use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\GeneralUtility;
 use TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Persistence\Generic\LazyLoadingProxy;
 use TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Persistence\ObjectStorage;
-use TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Configuration\ConfigurationManager;
-use TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Configuration\ConfigurationManagerInterface;
 
 /**
  * News
@@ -101,20 +97,6 @@ class News extends CategoryAndNews {
 	 */
 	protected $contentFromAnotherPage = 0;
 
-	/**
-	 * @var ConfigurationManager
-	 */
-	protected $configurationManager;
-
-	/**
-	 * Inject the configuration manager
-	 *
-	 * @param ConfigurationManager $configurationManager
-	 */
-	public function injectConfigurationManager(ConfigurationManager $configurationManager) {
-		$this->configurationManager = $configurationManager;
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Constructor
 	 */
@@ -200,12 +182,6 @@ class News extends CategoryAndNews {
 			$this->relatedNews->_loadRealInstance();
 		}
 
-		$settings = $this->configurationManager->getConfiguration(ConfigurationManagerInterface::CONFIGURATION_TYPE_SETTINGS);
-		if ($settings['automaticRelatedNews'] && !$this->_isNew() && $this->relatedNews->count() === 0) {
-			$newsRepository = GeneralUtility::makeInstance(NewsRepository::class);
-			$this->relatedNews = $newsRepository->findRelated($this, $settings['limitRelatedNews']);
-		}
-
 		return $this->relatedNews;
 	}
 
diff --git a/Classes/Domain/Repository/NewsRepository.php b/Classes/Domain/Repository/NewsRepository.php
index e09d74ed202021388ab892896c9df4e578126b33..d12d51aa645cdd8ceb35ec9f04e0fd4acc16a10d 100644
--- a/Classes/Domain/Repository/NewsRepository.php
+++ b/Classes/Domain/Repository/NewsRepository.php
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ namespace SGalinski\SgNews\Domain\Repository;
  *  This copyright notice MUST APPEAR in all copies of the script!
  ***************************************************************/
 
-use SGalinski\SgNews\Domain\Model\Author;
 use SGalinski\SgNews\Domain\Model\News;
 use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Database\Connection;
 use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Database\ConnectionPool;
diff --git a/Configuration/TypoScript/Frontend/constants.typoscript b/Configuration/TypoScript/Frontend/constants.typoscript
index 6da22e82464b101d0e2f617c1952e00e7b94881a..34a9c4da599228c1cc1b6f3069b7b9a49eab04db 100644
--- a/Configuration/TypoScript/Frontend/constants.typoscript
+++ b/Configuration/TypoScript/Frontend/constants.typoscript
@@ -19,11 +19,5 @@ plugin.tx_sgnews {
 
 		# sort direction (DESC / ASC)
 		sortDirection = DESC
-
-		# Enable fetching of related news by tag or category, if related news are not set manually
-		automaticRelatedNews = 1
-
-		# Set a limit for fetched related news (for no limit, set to 0)
-		limitRelatedNews = 5
 	}
 }
diff --git a/Configuration/TypoScript/Frontend/setup.typoscript b/Configuration/TypoScript/Frontend/setup.typoscript
index 1d41c089b2b11274a1deef16126d3237281b2daf..9a52fd4ef64e299d3c2fd12ce028ac75c9ebbf6a 100644
--- a/Configuration/TypoScript/Frontend/setup.typoscript
+++ b/Configuration/TypoScript/Frontend/setup.typoscript
@@ -109,12 +109,6 @@ plugin.tx_sgnews {
 
 		# The logo value for the structured data implementation (see single view template)
 		publisherLogo =
-
-		# Enable fetching of related news by tag or category, if related news are not set manually
-		automaticRelatedNews = {$plugin.tx_sgnews.settings.automaticRelatedNews}
-
-		# Set a limit for fetched related news (for no limit, set to 0)
-		limitRelatedNews = {$plugin.tx_sgnews.settings.limitRelatedNews}
 	}
 
 	features {
diff --git a/Resources/Private/Templates/SingleView/SingleView.html b/Resources/Private/Templates/SingleView/SingleView.html
index e41e216fb8066430e905713e216397888239bf95..5d2e817c90c7fcc4bbb53a50a2ca064e445aaa37 100644
--- a/Resources/Private/Templates/SingleView/SingleView.html
+++ b/Resources/Private/Templates/SingleView/SingleView.html
@@ -179,21 +179,40 @@
 						</div>
 
 						<f:if condition="{newsMetaData.news.relatedNews}">
-							<div class="tx-sgnews-single-related">
-								<h3>
-									<f:translate key="frontend.singleview.relatedArticles" />
-								</h3>
-
-								<ul>
-									<f:for each="{newsMetaData.news.relatedNews}" as="relatedNewsEntry">
-										<li>
-											<a href="{f:uri.page(pageUid: '{relatedNewsEntry.uid}')}">
-												{relatedNewsEntry.subtitleWithFallbackToTitle}
-											</a>
-										</li>
-									</f:for>
-								</ul>
-							</div>
+							<f:then>
+								<div class="tx-sgnews-single-related">
+									<h3>
+										<f:translate key="frontend.singleview.relatedArticles" />
+									</h3>
+
+									<ul>
+										<f:for each="{newsMetaData.news.relatedNews}" as="relatedNewsEntry">
+											<li>
+												<a href="{f:uri.page(pageUid: '{relatedNewsEntry.uid}')}">
+													{relatedNewsEntry.subtitleWithFallbackToTitle}
+												</a>
+											</li>
+										</f:for>
+									</ul>
+								</div>
+							</f:then>
+							<f:else>
+								<div class="tx-sgnews-single-related">
+									<h3>
+										<f:translate key="frontend.singleview.relatedArticles" />
+									</h3>
+
+									<ul>
+										<sg:related news="{newsMetaData.news}" limit="5" as="relatedNewsEntry">
+											<li>
+												<a href="{f:uri.page(pageUid: '{relatedNewsEntry.uid}')}">
+													{relatedNewsEntry.subtitleWithFallbackToTitle}
+												</a>
+											</li>
+										</sg:related>
+									</ul>
+								</div>
+							</f:else>
 						</f:if>
 					</div>
 				</div>