diff --git a/DOCS/man/en/input.rst b/DOCS/man/en/input.rst
index 3843a0b1b8..50784db939 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/en/input.rst
+++ b/DOCS/man/en/input.rst
@@ -510,9 +510,6 @@ prefixes can be specified. They are separated by whitespace.
 All of the osd prefixes are still overridden by the global ``--osd-level``
 settings.
 
-Undocumented prefixes: ``pausing``, ``pausing_keep``, ``pausing_toggle``,
-``pausing_keep_force``. (Should these be made official?)
-
 Input Sections
 --------------
 
diff --git a/input/cmd_parse.c b/input/cmd_parse.c
index 64b23ac05f..fd7e178e73 100644
--- a/input/cmd_parse.c
+++ b/input/cmd_parse.c
@@ -108,8 +108,6 @@ struct flag {
 };
 
 static const struct flag cmd_flags[] = {
-    {"pausing",             MP_PAUSING_FLAGS, MP_PAUSING},
-    {"pausing-toggle",      MP_PAUSING_FLAGS, MP_PAUSING_TOGGLE},
     {"no-osd",              MP_ON_OSD_FLAGS, MP_ON_OSD_NO},
     {"osd-bar",             MP_ON_OSD_FLAGS, MP_ON_OSD_BAR},
     {"osd-msg",             MP_ON_OSD_FLAGS, MP_ON_OSD_MSG},
diff --git a/input/input.h b/input/input.h
index b774462aab..2dc7b4b366 100644
--- a/input/input.h
+++ b/input/input.h
@@ -44,12 +44,9 @@ enum mp_cmd_flags {
     MP_ON_OSD_BAR = 2,          // force a bar, if applicable
     MP_ON_OSD_MSG = 4,          // force a message, if applicable
     MP_EXPAND_PROPERTIES = 8,   // expand strings as properties
-    MP_PAUSING = 16,            // pause after running command
-    MP_PAUSING_TOGGLE = 32,     // toggle pause after running command
 
     MP_ON_OSD_FLAGS = MP_ON_OSD_NO | MP_ON_OSD_AUTO |
                       MP_ON_OSD_BAR | MP_ON_OSD_MSG,
-    MP_PAUSING_FLAGS = MP_PAUSING | MP_PAUSING_TOGGLE,
 };
 
 enum mp_input_section_flags {
diff --git a/player/command.c b/player/command.c
index 08f97f4b2e..ec05e8cc40 100644
--- a/player/command.c
+++ b/player/command.c
@@ -3714,15 +3714,6 @@ void run_command(MPContext *mpctx, mp_cmd_t *cmd)
     default:
         MP_VERBOSE(mpctx, "Received unknown cmd %s\n", cmd->name);
     }
-
-    if (cmd->flags & MP_PAUSING)
-        pause_player(mpctx);
-    if (cmd->flags & MP_PAUSING_TOGGLE) {
-        if (opts->pause)
-            unpause_player(mpctx);
-        else
-            pause_player(mpctx);
-    }
 }
 
 void command_uninit(struct MPContext *mpctx)