diff --git a/DOCS/interface-changes.rst b/DOCS/interface-changes.rst
index 6f5d61340b..e556402353 100644
--- a/DOCS/interface-changes.rst
+++ b/DOCS/interface-changes.rst
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ Interface changes
     - add `--title-bar` option
     - add `--window-corners` option
     - rename `--cdrom-device` to `--cdda-device`
+    - remove `--scale-cutoff`, `--cscale-cutoff`, `--dscale-cutoff`, `--tscale-cutoff`
  --- 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 9c9371d4a6..e397d7b988 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/options.rst
+++ b/DOCS/man/options.rst
@@ -5347,14 +5347,6 @@ them.
     moving edges) in exchange for potentially adding more blur. The default for
     ``--tscale-clamp`` is 1.0, the others default to 0.0.
 
-``--scale-cutoff=<value>``, ``--cscale-cutoff=<value>``, ``--dscale-cutoff=<value>``
-    Cut off the filter kernel prematurely once the value range drops below
-    this threshold. Doing so allows more aggressive pruning of skippable
-    coefficients by disregarding parts of the LUT which are effectively zeroed
-    out by the window function. Only affects polar (EWA) filters. The default
-    is 0.001 for each, which is perceptually transparent but provides a 10%-20%
-    speedup, depending on the exact radius and filter kernel chosen.
-
 ``--scale-taper=<value>``, ``--scale-wtaper=<value>``, ``--dscale-taper=<value>``, ``--dscale-wtaper=<value>``, ``--cscale-taper=<value>``, ``--cscale-wtaper=<value>``, ``--tscale-taper=<value>``, ``--tscale-wtaper=<value>``
     Kernel/window taper factor. Increasing this flattens the filter function.
     Value range is 0 to 1. A value of 0 (the default) means no flattening, a
diff --git a/video/out/filter_kernels.c b/video/out/filter_kernels.c
index ed17650854..95d99ff316 100644
--- a/video/out/filter_kernels.c
+++ b/video/out/filter_kernels.c
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ void mp_compute_lut(struct filter_kernel *filter, int count, int stride,
             double r = x * filter->radius / (count - 1);
             out_array[x] = sample_filter(filter, r);
 
-            if (fabs(out_array[x]) > filter->value_cutoff)
+            if (fabs(out_array[x]) > 1e-3f)
                 filter->radius_cutoff = r;
         }
     } else {
diff --git a/video/out/filter_kernels.h b/video/out/filter_kernels.h
index 1da5f18a35..b8b2f672fb 100644
--- a/video/out/filter_kernels.h
+++ b/video/out/filter_kernels.h
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ struct filter_kernel {
     struct filter_window f; // the kernel itself
     struct filter_window w; // window storage
     double clamp; // clamping factor, affects negative weights
-    double value_cutoff; // discard all contributions below this value (polar)
     // Constant values
     const char *window; // default window
     bool polar;         // whether or not the filter uses polar coordinates
diff --git a/video/out/gpu/video.c b/video/out/gpu/video.c
index d29c58a988..4e226486d5 100644
--- a/video/out/gpu/video.c
+++ b/video/out/gpu/video.c
@@ -302,12 +302,9 @@ static const struct gl_video_opts gl_video_opts_def = {
     .sigmoid_center = 0.75,
     .sigmoid_slope = 6.5,
     .scaler = {
-        {{"lanczos", .params={NAN, NAN}}, {.params = {NAN, NAN}},
-         .cutoff = 0.001}, // scale
-        {{"hermite", .params={NAN, NAN}}, {.params = {NAN, NAN}},
-         .cutoff = 0.001}, // dscale
-        {{NULL, .params={NAN, NAN}}, {.params = {NAN, NAN}},
-         .cutoff = 0.001}, // cscale
+        {{"lanczos", .params={NAN, NAN}}, {.params = {NAN, NAN}}},    // scale
+        {{"hermite", .params={NAN, NAN}}, {.params = {NAN, NAN}}},    // dscale
+        {{NULL, .params={NAN, NAN}}, {.params = {NAN, NAN}}},         // cscale
         {{"oversample", .params={NAN, NAN}}, {.params = {NAN, NAN}}}, // tscale
     },
     .scaler_resizes_only = true,
@@ -354,7 +351,7 @@ static int validate_error_diffusion_opt(struct mp_log *log, const m_option_t *op
     {n"-param1", OPT_FLOATDEF(scaler[i].kernel.params[0])},                \
     {n"-param2", OPT_FLOATDEF(scaler[i].kernel.params[1])},                \
     {n"-blur",   OPT_FLOAT(scaler[i].kernel.blur)},                        \
-    {n"-cutoff", OPT_FLOAT(scaler[i].cutoff), M_RANGE(0.0, 1.0)},          \
+    {n"-cutoff", OPT_REMOVED("Hard-coded as 0.001")},                      \
     {n"-taper",  OPT_FLOAT(scaler[i].kernel.taper), M_RANGE(0.0, 1.0)},    \
     {n"-wparam", OPT_FLOATDEF(scaler[i].window.params[0])},                \
     {n"-wblur",  OPT_REMOVED("Just adjust filter radius directly")},       \
@@ -1776,8 +1773,6 @@ static void reinit_scaler(struct gl_video *p, struct scaler *scaler,
         scaler->kernel->f.radius = conf->radius;
 
     scaler->kernel->clamp = conf->clamp;
-    scaler->kernel->value_cutoff = conf->cutoff;
-
     scaler->insufficient = !mp_init_filter(scaler->kernel, sizes, scale_factor);
 
     int size = scaler->kernel->size;
diff --git a/video/out/gpu/video.h b/video/out/gpu/video.h
index 93d5ea24f6..f9061fd7aa 100644
--- a/video/out/gpu/video.h
+++ b/video/out/gpu/video.h
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ struct scaler_config {
     struct scaler_fun window;
     float radius;
     float antiring;
-    float cutoff;
     float clamp;
 };
 
diff --git a/video/out/vo_gpu_next.c b/video/out/vo_gpu_next.c
index 8803e5b045..b357d8a268 100644
--- a/video/out/vo_gpu_next.c
+++ b/video/out/vo_gpu_next.c
@@ -2065,7 +2065,6 @@ static void update_render_options(struct vo *vo)
     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.polar_cutoff = opts->scaler[0].cutoff;
     pars->params.background_color[0] = opts->background.r / 255.0;
     pars->params.background_color[1] = opts->background.g / 255.0;
     pars->params.background_color[2] = opts->background.b / 255.0;