diff --git a/fdroidserver/deploy.py b/fdroidserver/deploy.py
index 4ed837b3..5f4cbae8 100644
--- a/fdroidserver/deploy.py
+++ b/fdroidserver/deploy.py
@@ -871,12 +871,6 @@ def main():
                         help=_("Don't use rsync checksums"))
     parser.add_argument("--no-keep-git-mirror-archive", action="store_true", default=False,
                         help=_("If a git mirror gets to big, allow the archive to be deleted"))
-    parser.add_argument(
-        "--index-only",
-        action="store_true",
-        default=False,
-        help="Only deploy the index files entry.* and index-v*.json",
-    )
     options = parser.parse_args()
     config = common.read_config(options)