Can I completely disable "Recently Used" feature in GTK's file / directory selector?

![Recently Used][1]

 [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/PulP4.png

Sometimes programs default to this but since it's not useful in my work-flow and with the way I organize my files, it only adds confusion:

* I usually just expect to start from my `$HOME`, so I get surprised
 by the list of folders

* Also in case of file saving, I'm annoyed by the fact that you can't just
 type in the name and hit Enter--you have to type a path or select one

I'm using Xfce 4.8 on Debian Wheezy and this feature was not available in older Xfce (in Squeeze). I found [a post on Xfce-users' mailing list][2] regarding this feature, but without any useful output.

 [2]: http://xfce.10915.n7.nabble.com/OT-Disabling-quot-Recently-Used-quot-in-file-chooser-td2536.html#none

Is it possible to simply turn this off and default to `$HOME`?