diff --git a/preferences/inc/class.preferences_hooks.inc.php b/preferences/inc/class.preferences_hooks.inc.php
index 616c4dc42f..ac8a7e4e8f 100644
--- a/preferences/inc/class.preferences_hooks.inc.php
+++ b/preferences/inc/class.preferences_hooks.inc.php
@@ -460,47 +460,8 @@ class preferences_hooks
 		unset($args);	// unused, but required by function signature
 		$appname = 'preferences';
 		$file = Array(
-			'Site configuration' => egw::link('/index.php','menuaction=admin.uiconfig.index&appname=' . $appname),
+			'Site configuration' => egw::link('/index.php','menuaction=admin.admin_config.index&appname=' . $appname.'&ajax=true'),
 		);
 		display_section($appname, $file);
 	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Hook returning options for deny_acl groups
-	 *
-	 * @param array $config
-	 */
-	public static function deny_prefs($config)
-	{
-		$accountsel = new uiaccountsel();
-
-		return '<input type="hidden" value="" name="newsettings[deny_prefs]" />'.
-			$accountsel->selection('newsettings[deny_prefs]', 'deny_prefs', $config['deny_prefs'], 'groups', 4);
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Hook returning options for deny_acl groups
-	 *
-	 * @param array $config
-	 */
-	public static function deny_acl($config)
-	{
-		$accountsel = new uiaccountsel();
-
-		return '<input type="hidden" value="" name="newsettings[deny_acl]" />'.
-			$accountsel->selection('newsettings[deny_acl]', 'deny_acl', $config['deny_acl'], 'groups', 4);
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Hook returning options for deny_cats groups
-	 *
-	 * @param array $config
-	 */
-	public static function deny_cats($config)
-	{
-		$accountsel = new uiaccountsel();
-
-		return '<input type="hidden" value="" name="newsettings[deny_cats]" />'.
-			$accountsel->selection('newsettings[deny_cats]', 'deny_cats', $config['deny_cats'], 'groups', 4);
-	}
 }
diff --git a/preferences/templates/default/config.tpl b/preferences/templates/default/config.tpl
deleted file mode 100644
index 7de021220a..0000000000
--- a/preferences/templates/default/config.tpl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-<!-- $Id: config.tpl 43784 2013-09-11 13:08:59Z ralfbecker $ -->
-<!-- BEGIN header -->
-<p style="text-align: center; color: red; font-weight: bold;">{error}</p>
-<form method="POST" action="{action_url}">
-<table align="center" width="85%">
-   <tr class="th">
-    <td colspan="2">&nbsp;<b>{title}</b></td>
-   </tr>
-<!-- END header -->
-<!-- BEGIN body -->
-   <tr class="row_off">
-    <td>{lang_Deny_following_groups_access_to_preferences}:</td>
-    <td>{call_preferences_hooks::deny_prefs}</td>
-   </tr>
-   <tr class="row_on">
-    <td>{lang_Deny_following_groups_access_to_ACL_(grant_access)}:</td>
-    <td>{call_preferences_hooks::deny_acl}</td>
-   </tr>
-   <tr class="row_off">
-    <td>{lang_Deny_following_groups_access_to_edit_categories}:</td>
-    <td>{call_preferences_hooks::deny_cats}</td>
-   </tr>
-<!-- END body -->
-
-<!-- BEGIN footer -->
-  <tr class="th">
-    <td colspan="2">
-&nbsp;
-    </td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="2" align="center">
-      <input type="submit" name="submit" value="{lang_submit}">
-      <input type="submit" name="cancel" value="{lang_cancel}">
-		  <br>
-    </td>
-  </tr>
-</table>
-</form>
-<!-- END footer -->
diff --git a/preferences/templates/default/config.xet b/preferences/templates/default/config.xet
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8a894e2f51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/preferences/templates/default/config.xet
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE overlay PUBLIC "-//Stylite AG//eTemplate 2//EN" "http://www.egroupware.org/etemplate2.dtd">
+<!-- $Id$ -->
+<overlay>
+	<template id="preferences.config" template="" lang="" group="0" version="16.1">
+		<grid width="100%" class="admin-config egwGridView_grid">
+			<columns>
+				<column width="60%"/>
+				<column/>
+			</columns>
+			<rows>
+				<row>
+					<description value="Deny following groups access to preferences" label="%s:"/>
+					<select-account id="newsettings[deny_prefs]" account_type="groups" multiple="true" tags="true" width="100%"/>
+				</row>
+				<row>
+					<description value="Deny following groups access to ACL (grant access)" label="%s:"/>
+					<select-account id="newsettings[deny_acl]" account_type="groups" multiple="true" tags="true" width="100%"/>
+				</row>
+				<row>
+					<description value="Deny following groups access to edit categories" label="%s:"/>
+					<select-account id="newsettings[deny_cats]" account_type="groups" multiple="true" tags="true" width="100%"/>
+				</row>
+			</rows>
+		</grid>
+	</template>
+</overlay>