diff --git a/DOCS/man/en/options.rst b/DOCS/man/en/options.rst
index 162c8a560e..b8fb051495 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/en/options.rst
+++ b/DOCS/man/en/options.rst
@@ -989,19 +989,6 @@
         For best decoding quality use the same IDCT algorithm for decoding and
         encoding. This may come at a price in accuracy, though.
 
-    lowres=<number>[,<w>]
-        Decode at lower resolutions. Low resolution decoding is not supported
-        by all codecs, and it will often result in ugly artifacts. This is not
-        a bug, but a side effect of not decoding at full resolution.
-
-        :0: disabled
-        :1: 1/2 resolution
-        :2: 1/4 resolution
-        :3: 1/8 resolution
-
-        If <w> is specified lowres decoding will be used only if the width of
-        the video is major than or equal to <w>.
-
     o=<key>=<value>[,<key>=<value>[,...]]
         Pass AVOptions to libavcodec decoder. Note, a patch to make the o=
         unneeded and pass all unknown options through the AVOption system is
diff --git a/core/options.h b/core/options.h
index 5e9fff1c27..047c027a41 100644
--- a/core/options.h
+++ b/core/options.h
@@ -142,7 +142,6 @@ typedef struct MPOpts {
         int skip_top;
         int skip_bottom;
         int fast;
-        char *lowres_str;
         char *skip_loop_filter_str;
         char *skip_idct_str;
         char *skip_frame_str;
diff --git a/video/decode/vd_lavc.c b/video/decode/vd_lavc.c
index a55e17083d..ace24c4da4 100644
--- a/video/decode/vd_lavc.c
+++ b/video/decode/vd_lavc.c
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ const m_option_t lavc_decode_opts_conf[] = {
     OPT_INTRANGE("st", lavc_param.skip_top, 0, 0, 999),
     OPT_INTRANGE("sb", lavc_param.skip_bottom, 0, 0, 999),
     OPT_FLAG_CONSTANTS("fast", lavc_param.fast, 0, 0, CODEC_FLAG2_FAST),
-    OPT_STRING("lowres", lavc_param.lowres_str, 0),
     OPT_STRING("skiploopfilter", lavc_param.skip_loop_filter_str, 0),
     OPT_STRING("skipidct", lavc_param.skip_idct_str, 0),
     OPT_STRING("skipframe", lavc_param.skip_frame_str, 0),
@@ -184,8 +183,8 @@ static void print_vstats(sh_video_t *sh, int len)
     // average MB quantizer
     {
         int x, y;
-        int w = ((avctx->width << avctx->lowres) + 15) >> 4;
-        int h = ((avctx->height << avctx->lowres) + 15) >> 4;
+        int w = ((avctx->width) + 15) >> 4;
+        int h = ((avctx->height) + 15) >> 4;
         int8_t *q = pic->qscale_table;
         for (y = 0; y < h; y++) {
             for (x = 0; x < w; x++)
@@ -365,14 +364,6 @@ static int init_avctx(sh_video_t *sh, AVCodec *lavc_codec, struct hwdec *hwdec)
     avctx->debug_mv = lavc_param->vismv;
     avctx->skip_top   = lavc_param->skip_top;
     avctx->skip_bottom = lavc_param->skip_bottom;
-    if (lavc_param->lowres_str != NULL) {
-        int lowres, lowres_w;
-        sscanf(lavc_param->lowres_str, "%d,%d", &lowres, &lowres_w);
-        if (lowres < 1 || lowres > 16 ||
-                lowres_w > 0 && avctx->width < lowres_w)
-            lowres = 0;
-        avctx->lowres = lowres;
-    }
     avctx->skip_loop_filter = str2AVDiscard(lavc_param->skip_loop_filter_str);
     avctx->skip_idct = str2AVDiscard(lavc_param->skip_idct_str);
     avctx->skip_frame = str2AVDiscard(lavc_param->skip_frame_str);