diff --git a/core/server/data/importer/importers/data/settings.js b/core/server/data/importer/importers/data/settings.js
index 3c7696d11b..a41d23cd68 100644
--- a/core/server/data/importer/importers/data/settings.js
+++ b/core/server/data/importer/importers/data/settings.js
@@ -4,8 +4,15 @@ const _ = require('lodash');
 const BaseImporter = require('./base');
 const models = require('../../../../models');
 const defaultSettings = require('../../../schema').defaultSettings;
+
 const labsDefaults = JSON.parse(defaultSettings.labs.labs.defaultValue);
-const deprecatedSettings = ['active_apps', 'installed_apps'];
+const ignoredSettings = ['active_apps', 'installed_apps'];
+const deprecatedSupportedSettingsMap = {
+    default_locale: 'lang',
+    active_timezone: 'timezone',
+    ghost_head: 'codeinjection_head',
+    ghost_foot: 'codeinjection_foot'
+};
 
 const isFalse = (value) => {
     // Catches false, null, undefined, empty string
@@ -68,7 +75,16 @@ class SettingsImporter extends BaseImporter {
 
         // Don't import any old, deprecated settings
         this.dataToImport = _.filter(this.dataToImport, (data) => {
-            return !_.includes(deprecatedSettings, data.key);
+            return !_.includes(ignoredSettings, data.key);
+        });
+
+        // NOTE: import settings removed in v3 and move them to ignored once Ghost v4 changes are done
+        this.dataToImport = this.dataToImport.map((data) => {
+            if (deprecatedSupportedSettingsMap[data.key]) {
+                data.key = deprecatedSupportedSettingsMap[data.key];
+            }
+
+            return data;
         });
 
         // Remove core and theme data types
diff --git a/test/regression/importer/importer_spec.js b/test/regression/importer/importer_spec.js
index a92d569a1c..e2b7e65e84 100644
--- a/test/regression/importer/importer_spec.js
+++ b/test/regression/importer/importer_spec.js
@@ -930,6 +930,46 @@ describe('Integration: Importer', function () {
                 });
         });
 
+        it('imports settings fields deprecated in v2 and removed in v3: slack hook, permalinks', function () {
+            const exportData = exportedLatestBody().db[0];
+
+            exportData.data.settings[0] = testUtils.DataGenerator.forKnex.createSetting({
+                key: 'default_locale',
+                value: 'ua'
+            });
+
+            exportData.data.settings[1] = testUtils.DataGenerator.forKnex.createSetting({
+                key: 'active_timezone',
+                value: 'Pacific/Auckland'
+            });
+
+            exportData.data.settings[2] = testUtils.DataGenerator.forKnex.createSetting({
+                key: 'ghost_foot',
+                value: 'AVADA KEDAVRA'
+            });
+
+            return dataImporter.doImport(exportData, importOptions)
+                .then(function (imported) {
+                    imported.problems.length.should.eql(0);
+                    return models.Settings.findOne(_.merge({key: 'lang'}, testUtils.context.internal));
+                })
+                .then(function (result) {
+                    result.attributes.value.should.eql('ua');
+                })
+                .then(function () {
+                    return models.Settings.findOne(_.merge({key: 'timezone'}, testUtils.context.internal));
+                })
+                .then(function (result) {
+                    result.attributes.value.should.eql('Pacific/Auckland');
+                })
+                .then(function () {
+                    return models.Settings.findOne(_.merge({key: 'codeinjection_foot'}, testUtils.context.internal));
+                })
+                .then(function (result) {
+                    result.attributes.value.should.eql('AVADA KEDAVRA');
+                });
+        });
+
         it('does import settings with string booleans', function () {
             const exportData = exportedLatestBody().db[0];