diff --git a/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 b/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
index 7ff6150a78..d91e273a7b 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
+++ b/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
@@ -2078,10 +2078,6 @@ Tune the overlay (default: 1000).
 .RE
 .
 .TP
-.B \-fb <device> (\-vo fbdev or directfb only) (OBSOLETE)
-Specifies the framebuffer device to use (default: /dev/\:fb0).
-.
-.TP
 .B \-fbmode <modename> (\-vo fbdev only)
 Change video mode to the one that is labeled as <modename> in
 /etc/\:fb.modes.
diff --git a/cfg-mplayer.h b/cfg-mplayer.h
index 677a5fb8a7..b9453f47e1 100644
--- a/cfg-mplayer.h
+++ b/cfg-mplayer.h
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ extern char *monitor_dotclock_str;
 #endif
 
 #ifdef HAVE_FBDEV
-extern char *fb_dev_name;
 extern char *fb_mode_cfgfile;
 extern char *fb_mode_name;
 #endif
@@ -201,7 +200,6 @@ m_option_t mplayer_opts[]={
 #endif 
 
 #ifdef HAVE_FBDEV
-	{"fb", &fb_dev_name, CONF_TYPE_STRING, 0, 0, 0, NULL},
 	{"fbmode", &fb_mode_name, CONF_TYPE_STRING, 0, 0, 0, NULL},
 	{"fbmodeconfig", &fb_mode_cfgfile, CONF_TYPE_STRING, 0, 0, 0, NULL},
 #endif