diff --git a/DOCS/man/options.rst b/DOCS/man/options.rst
index 57c8702a72..0a99f3c87b 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/options.rst
+++ b/DOCS/man/options.rst
@@ -150,12 +150,6 @@ Playback Control
 ``--shuffle``
     Play files in random order.
 
-``--chapter=<start[-end]>``
-    Specify which chapter to start playing at. Optionally specify which
-    chapter to end playing at.
-
-    See also: ``--start``.
-
 ``--playlist-start=<auto|index>``
     Set which file on the internal playlist to start playback with. The index
     is an integer, with 0 meaning the first file. The value ``auto`` means that
diff --git a/options/options.c b/options/options.c
index 606b555ec4..63951b7308 100644
--- a/options/options.c
+++ b/options/options.c
@@ -365,10 +365,6 @@ const m_option_t mp_opts[] = {
     OPT_FLAG("load-stats-overlay", lua_load_stats, UPDATE_BUILTIN_SCRIPTS),
 #endif
 
-// ------------------------- stream options --------------------
-
-    OPT_INTPAIR("chapter", chapterrange, 0, .deprecation_message = "instead of "
-        "--chapter=A-B use --start=#A --end=#B+1"),
     OPT_CHOICE_OR_INT("edition", edition_id, 0, 0, 8190,
                       ({"auto", -1})),
 
@@ -830,6 +826,7 @@ const m_option_t mp_opts[] = {
     OPT_REPLACED("sub-paths", "sub-file-paths"),
     OPT_REMOVED("heartbeat-cmd", "use Lua scripting instead"),
     OPT_REMOVED("no-ometadata", "use --no-ocopy-metadata"),
+    OPT_REMOVED("chapter", "use '--start=#123' '--end=#124' (for chapter 123)"),
 
     {0}
 };
@@ -874,7 +871,6 @@ const struct MPOpts mp_default_opts = {
     .hls_bitrate = INT_MAX,
     .cache_pause = 1,
     .cache_pause_wait = 1.0,
-    .chapterrange = {-1, -1},
     .ab_loop = {MP_NOPTS_VALUE, MP_NOPTS_VALUE},
     .edition_id = -1,
     .default_max_pts_correction = -1,
diff --git a/options/options.h b/options/options.h
index b2dff04d1d..ac5f374834 100644
--- a/options/options.h
+++ b/options/options.h
@@ -194,7 +194,6 @@ typedef struct MPOpts {
     char *force_configdir;
     int use_filedir_conf;
     int hls_bitrate;
-    int chapterrange[2];
     int edition_id;
     int correct_pts;
     int initial_audio_sync;
diff --git a/player/misc.c b/player/misc.c
index ec8812f773..43d5a750e5 100644
--- a/player/misc.c
+++ b/player/misc.c
@@ -100,11 +100,6 @@ double get_play_end_pts(struct MPContext *mpctx)
         if (length != MP_NOPTS_VALUE && (end == MP_NOPTS_VALUE || start + length < end))
             end = start + length;
     }
-    if (opts->chapterrange[1] > 0) {
-        double cend = chapter_start_time(mpctx, opts->chapterrange[1]);
-        if (cend != MP_NOPTS_VALUE && (end == MP_NOPTS_VALUE || cend < end))
-            end = cend;
-    }
     // even though MP_NOPTS_VALUE is currently negative
     // it doesn't necessarily have to remain that way
     double ab_loop_start_time = get_ab_loop_start_time(mpctx);
@@ -129,24 +124,7 @@ double get_play_end_pts(struct MPContext *mpctx)
 double get_play_start_pts(struct MPContext *mpctx)
 {
     struct MPOpts *opts = mpctx->opts;
-    double play_start_pts = rel_time_to_abs(mpctx, opts->play_start);
-    if (play_start_pts == MP_NOPTS_VALUE && opts->chapterrange[0] > 0) {
-        double chapter_start_pts = chapter_start_time(mpctx, opts->chapterrange[0] - 1);
-        if (chapter_start_pts != MP_NOPTS_VALUE) {
-            /*
-             * get_play_start_pts always returns rebased timetamps,
-             * even with --rebase-start-time=no. chapter_start_time
-             * values are not rebased without --rebase-start-time=yes,
-             * so we need to rebase them here to be consistent with
-             * the rest of get_play_start_pts.
-             */
-            if (mpctx->demuxer && !mpctx->opts->rebase_start_time){
-                chapter_start_pts -= mpctx->demuxer->start_time;
-            }
-            play_start_pts = chapter_start_pts;
-        }
-    }
-    return play_start_pts;
+    return rel_time_to_abs(mpctx, opts->play_start);
 }
 
 /**