diff --git a/DOCS/interface-changes.rst b/DOCS/interface-changes.rst
index e556402353..fc91db404c 100644
--- a/DOCS/interface-changes.rst
+++ b/DOCS/interface-changes.rst
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ Interface changes
     - add `--window-corners` option
     - rename `--cdrom-device` to `--cdda-device`
     - remove `--scale-cutoff`, `--cscale-cutoff`, `--dscale-cutoff`, `--tscale-cutoff`
+    - remove `--scaler-lut-size`
  --- mpv 0.36.0 ---
     - add `--target-contrast`
     - Target luminance value is now also applied when ICC profile is used.
diff --git a/DOCS/man/options.rst b/DOCS/man/options.rst
index e397d7b988..ee78a21e13 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/options.rst
+++ b/DOCS/man/options.rst
@@ -5391,14 +5391,6 @@ them.
         Scale parameter (t). Increasing this makes the window wider. Defaults
         to 1.
 
-``--scaler-lut-size=<4..10>``
-    Set the size of the lookup texture for scaler kernels (default: 6). The
-    actual size of the texture is ``2^N`` for an option value of ``N``. So the
-    lookup texture with the default setting uses 64 samples.
-
-    All weights are linearly interpolated from those samples, so increasing
-    the size of lookup table might improve the accuracy of scaler.
-
 ``--scaler-resizes-only``
     Disable the scaler if the video image is not resized. In that case,
     ``bilinear`` is used instead of whatever is set with ``--scale``. Bilinear
diff --git a/etc/builtin.conf b/etc/builtin.conf
index a72508a64a..5cd184f42d 100644
--- a/etc/builtin.conf
+++ b/etc/builtin.conf
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ hdr-peak-percentile=99.995
 hdr-contrast-recovery=0.30
 allow-delayed-peak-detect=no
 deband=yes
-scaler-lut-size=8
 
 # Deprecated alias
 [gpu-hq]
diff --git a/video/out/gpu/video.c b/video/out/gpu/video.c
index 4e226486d5..69be403933 100644
--- a/video/out/gpu/video.c
+++ b/video/out/gpu/video.c
@@ -311,7 +311,6 @@ static const struct gl_video_opts gl_video_opts_def = {
     .correct_downscaling = true,
     .linear_downscaling = true,
     .sigmoid_upscaling = true,
-    .scaler_lut_size = 6,
     .interpolation_threshold = 0.01,
     .alpha_mode = ALPHA_BLEND_TILES,
     .background = {0, 0, 0, 255},
@@ -425,7 +424,7 @@ const struct m_sub_options gl_video_conf = {
         SCALER_OPTS("dscale", SCALER_DSCALE),
         SCALER_OPTS("cscale", SCALER_CSCALE),
         SCALER_OPTS("tscale", SCALER_TSCALE),
-        {"scaler-lut-size", OPT_INT(scaler_lut_size), M_RANGE(4, 10)},
+        {"scaler-lut-size", OPT_REMOVED("hard-coded as 8")},
         {"scaler-resizes-only", OPT_BOOL(scaler_resizes_only)},
         {"correct-downscaling", OPT_BOOL(correct_downscaling)},
         {"linear-downscaling", OPT_BOOL(linear_downscaling)},
@@ -1784,17 +1783,16 @@ static void reinit_scaler(struct gl_video *p, struct scaler *scaler,
     int stride = width * num_components;
     assert(size <= stride);
 
-    scaler->lut_size = 1 << p->opts.scaler_lut_size;
-
-    float *weights = talloc_array(NULL, float, scaler->lut_size * stride);
-    mp_compute_lut(scaler->kernel, scaler->lut_size, stride, weights);
+    static const int lut_size = 256;
+    float *weights = talloc_array(NULL, float, lut_size * stride);
+    mp_compute_lut(scaler->kernel, lut_size, stride, weights);
 
     bool use_1d = scaler->kernel->polar && (p->ra->caps & RA_CAP_TEX_1D);
 
     struct ra_tex_params lut_params = {
         .dimensions = use_1d ? 1 : 2,
-        .w = use_1d ? scaler->lut_size : width,
-        .h = use_1d ? 1 : scaler->lut_size,
+        .w = use_1d ? lut_size : width,
+        .h = use_1d ? 1 : lut_size,
         .d = 1,
         .format = fmt,
         .render_src = true,
diff --git a/video/out/gpu/video.h b/video/out/gpu/video.h
index f9061fd7aa..890b76367c 100644
--- a/video/out/gpu/video.h
+++ b/video/out/gpu/video.h
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ struct scaler {
     struct ra_tex *lut;
     struct ra_tex *sep_fbo;
     bool insufficient;
-    int lut_size;
 
     // kernel points here
     struct filter_kernel kernel_storage;
@@ -133,7 +132,6 @@ struct gl_tone_map_opts {
 struct gl_video_opts {
     int dumb_mode;
     struct scaler_config scaler[4];
-    int scaler_lut_size;
     float gamma;
     bool gamma_auto;
     int target_prim;
diff --git a/video/out/gpu/video_shaders.c b/video/out/gpu/video_shaders.c
index 3a33d3cfc8..6c49967238 100644
--- a/video/out/gpu/video_shaders.c
+++ b/video/out/gpu/video_shaders.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ static void pass_sample_separated_get_weights(struct gl_shader_cache *sc,
                                               struct scaler *scaler)
 {
     gl_sc_uniform_texture(sc, "lut", scaler->lut);
-    GLSLF("float ypos = LUT_POS(fcoord, %d.0);\n", scaler->lut_size);
+    GLSLF("float ypos = LUT_POS(fcoord, %d.0);\n", scaler->lut->params.h);
 
     int N = scaler->kernel->size;
     int width = (N + 3) / 4; // round up
@@ -123,10 +123,10 @@ static void polar_sample(struct gl_shader_cache *sc, struct scaler *scaler,
     // get the weight for this pixel
     if (scaler->lut->params.dimensions == 1) {
         GLSLF("w = tex1D(lut, LUT_POS(d * 1.0/%f, %d.0)).r;\n",
-              radius, scaler->lut_size);
+              radius, scaler->lut->params.w);
     } else {
         GLSLF("w = texture(lut, vec2(0.5, LUT_POS(d * 1.0/%f, %d.0))).r;\n",
-              radius, scaler->lut_size);
+              radius, scaler->lut->params.h);
     }
     GLSL(wsum += w;)
 
diff --git a/video/out/vo_gpu_next.c b/video/out/vo_gpu_next.c
index b357d8a268..229a268b15 100644
--- a/video/out/vo_gpu_next.c
+++ b/video/out/vo_gpu_next.c
@@ -2063,7 +2063,6 @@ static void update_render_options(struct vo *vo)
     struct priv *p = vo->priv;
     pl_options pars = p->pars;
     const struct gl_video_opts *opts = p->opts_cache->opts;
-    pars->params.lut_entries = 1 << opts->scaler_lut_size;
     pars->params.antiringing_strength = opts->scaler[0].antiring;
     pars->params.background_color[0] = opts->background.r / 255.0;
     pars->params.background_color[1] = opts->background.g / 255.0;