diff --git a/qutebrowser/config/config.py b/qutebrowser/config/config.py
index cd09403b0..7dc1975a2 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/config/config.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/config/config.py
@@ -149,9 +149,7 @@ class Config:
                 else:
                     lines += wrapper.wrap('Valid values: {}'.format(', '.join(
                         valid_values)))
-            lines += wrapper.wrap('Default: {}'.format(
-                option.default_conf if option.default_conf is not None
-                else option.default))
+            lines += wrapper.wrap('Default: {}'.format(option.default))
         return lines
 
     def _str_items(self, section):
@@ -170,7 +168,7 @@ class Config:
             section: The section to get the option from.
             option: The option name
             fallback: A fallback value.
-            raw: Whether to get the uninterpolated (but transformed!) value.
+            raw: Whether to get the uninterpolated, untransformed value.
 
         """
         logging.debug("getting {} -> {}".format(section, option))
@@ -183,7 +181,7 @@ class Config:
                 return fallback
         else:
             if raw:
-                return val.transformed()
+                return val
             newval = self._interpolation.before_get(
                 self, section, option, val.value,
                 self.config[section].values)
diff --git a/qutebrowser/config/sections.py b/qutebrowser/config/sections.py
index f07af450c..477dfb14e 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/config/sections.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/config/sections.py
@@ -109,19 +109,18 @@ class ValueList:
     Attributes:
         values: An OrderedDict with key as index and value as value.
         default: An OrderedDict with the default configuration as strings.
-                 After __init__, the strings become key/value types.
         types: A tuple for (keytype, valuetype)
         valdict: The "true value" dict.
-        descriptions: A dict with the description strings for the keys.
-                      Currently a global empty dict to be compatible with
-                      KeyValue section.
+        #descriptions: A dict with the description strings for the keys.
+        #              Currently a global empty dict to be compatible with
+        #              KeyValue section.
 
     """
 
     values = None
     default = None
     types = None
-    descriptions = {}
+    #descriptions = {}
 
     def __init__(self):
         """Wrap types over default values. Take care when overriding this."""