diff --git a/html/includes/api_functions.inc.php b/html/includes/api_functions.inc.php
index f60990b08..fb25c96cc 100644
--- a/html/includes/api_functions.inc.php
+++ b/html/includes/api_functions.inc.php
@@ -265,9 +265,12 @@ function del_device()
   // Default status to error and change it if we need to.
   $status = "error";
   $code = 500;
-  if(empty($hostname))
+  if(empty($hostname) || $config['api_demo'] == 1)
   {
     $message = "No hostname has been provided to delete";
+    if ($config['api_demo'] == 1) {
+        $message = "This feature isn\'t available in the demo";
+    }
     $output = array("status" => $status, "message" => $message);
   }
   else
diff --git a/includes/defaults.inc.php b/includes/defaults.inc.php
index 5fbc91e39..b2b386788 100644
--- a/includes/defaults.inc.php
+++ b/includes/defaults.inc.php
@@ -586,5 +586,6 @@ $config['dateformat']['time']                             = "H:i:s";
 $config['enable_clear_discovery']                        = 1;// Set this to 0 if you want to disable the web option to rediscover devices
 
 $config['enable_footer']                                 = 1;// Set this to 0 if you want to disable the footer copyright in the web interface
+$config['api_demo']                                      = 0;// Set this to 1 if you want to disable some untrusting features for the API
 
 ?>