diff --git a/fftools/ffmpeg.h b/fftools/ffmpeg.h
index f6c76bcc55..888f77223a 100644
--- a/fftools/ffmpeg.h
+++ b/fftools/ffmpeg.h
@@ -624,7 +624,6 @@ extern const AVIOInterruptCB int_cb;
 
 extern const OptionDef options[];
 extern const HWAccel hwaccels[];
-extern int hwaccel_lax_profile_check;
 extern AVBufferRef *hw_device_ctx;
 #if CONFIG_QSV
 extern char *qsv_device;
diff --git a/fftools/ffmpeg_opt.c b/fftools/ffmpeg_opt.c
index 100fa76e46..500920326b 100644
--- a/fftools/ffmpeg_opt.c
+++ b/fftools/ffmpeg_opt.c
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@ const HWAccel hwaccels[] = {
 #endif
     { 0 },
 };
-int hwaccel_lax_profile_check = 0;
 AVBufferRef *hw_device_ctx;
 HWDevice *filter_hw_device;
 
@@ -3640,8 +3639,6 @@ const OptionDef options[] = {
     { "autorotate",       HAS_ARG | OPT_BOOL | OPT_SPEC |
                           OPT_EXPERT | OPT_INPUT,                                { .off = OFFSET(autorotate) },
         "automatically insert correct rotate filters" },
-    { "hwaccel_lax_profile_check", OPT_BOOL | OPT_EXPERT,                        { &hwaccel_lax_profile_check},
-        "attempt to decode anyway if HW accelerated decoder's supported profiles do not exactly match the stream" },
 
     /* audio options */
     { "aframes",        OPT_AUDIO | HAS_ARG  | OPT_PERFILE | OPT_OUTPUT,           { .func_arg = opt_audio_frames },