diff --git a/subopt-helper.c b/subopt-helper.c
index d1a169220f..6f4bcf6a30 100644
--- a/subopt-helper.c
+++ b/subopt-helper.c
@@ -45,18 +45,11 @@ static char const * parse_float( char const * const str, float * const valp );
  *         else a non-zero value is returned.
  *
  */
-int subopt_parse( char const * const str, opt_t * opts )
+int subopt_parse( char const * const str, const opt_t * opts )
 {
   int parse_err = 0, idx;
   unsigned int parse_pos = 0;
 
-  /* Initialize set member to false.          *
-   * It is set to true if it was found in str */
-  for ( idx=0; opts[idx].name; ++idx )
-  {
-    opts[idx].set = 0;
-  }
-
   if ( str )
   {
     while ( str[parse_pos] && !parse_err )
@@ -101,7 +94,7 @@ int subopt_parse( char const * const str, opt_t * opts )
         if( strncmp( &str[parse_pos], opts[idx].name, opt_len ) == 0 )
         {
           /* option was found */
-          opts[idx].set = 1; next = 1;
+          next = 1;
 
           assert( opts[idx].valp && "Need a pointer to store the arg!" );
 
@@ -196,7 +189,7 @@ else if ( substr_len == opt_len+2 )
                   strncmp( &str[parse_pos+2], opts[idx].name, opt_len ) == 0 )
         {
           /* option was found but negated */
-          opts[idx].set = 1; next = 1;
+          next = 1;
 
           /* set arg to false */
           *((int *)(opts[idx].valp)) = 0;
diff --git a/subopt-helper.h b/subopt-helper.h
index cd435d455b..ea6bdd5964 100644
--- a/subopt-helper.h
+++ b/subopt-helper.h
@@ -24,13 +24,10 @@ typedef struct opt_s
   int type;    ///< option type as defined in subopt-helper.h
   void * valp; ///< pointer to the mem where the value should be stored
   opt_test_f test; ///< argument test func ( optional )
-  int set;     ///< Is set internally by the parser if the option was found.
-               ///< Don't use it at initialization of your opts, it will be
-               ///< overriden anyway!
 } opt_t;
 
 /** parses the string for the options specified in opt */
-int subopt_parse( char const * const str, opt_t * opts );
+int subopt_parse( char const * const str, const opt_t * opts );
 
 
 /*------------------ arg specific types and declaration -------------------*/