diff --git a/webui/index.html b/webui/index.html
index dca19e71..6a37eede 100644
--- a/webui/index.html
+++ b/webui/index.html
@@ -5558,7 +5558,12 @@
                                     <small class="settings-hint">Variables: $albumartist, $artist, $artistletter, $title, $track (01), $album, $albumtype, $year, $quality (filename only). Use ${var} to append text: ${albumtype}s → Singles</small>
                                 </div>
 
-                                <div class="form-group">
+                                <!-- Playlist Path Template: hidden from the UI. Playlists now import
+                                     normally into Artist/Album and the Playlists/ folder is a symlink
+                                     view that mirrors the real library filename, so this template no
+                                     longer drives playlist-file naming. Kept in the DOM (display:none)
+                                     so settings load/save still round-trips the stored value. -->
+                                <div class="form-group" style="display: none;">
                                     <label>Playlist Path Template:</label>
                                     <input type="text" id="template-playlist-path"
                                         placeholder="$playlist/$artist - $title">