diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal.c b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal.c
index 2f84742f0c..ffdc441423 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/eal.c
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@
 #define OPT_NO_HUGE     "no-huge"
 #define OPT_FILE_PREFIX "file-prefix"
 #define OPT_SOCKET_MEM  "socket-mem"
-#define OPT_USE_DEVICE "use-device"
 #define OPT_PCI_WHITELIST "pci-whitelist"
 #define OPT_PCI_BLACKLIST "pci-blacklist"
 #define OPT_VDEV        "vdev"
@@ -645,12 +644,6 @@ eal_parse_args(int argc, char **argv)
 						"FreeBSD\n");
 				return -1;
 			}
-			else if (!strcmp(lgopts[option_index].name, OPT_USE_DEVICE)) {
-				printf("The --use-device option is deprecated, please use\n"
-					"--whitelist or --vdev instead.\n");
-				eal_usage(prgname);
-				return -1;
-			}
 			else if (!strcmp(lgopts[option_index].name, OPT_PCI_BLACKLIST)) {
 				if (rte_eal_devargs_add(RTE_DEVTYPE_BLACKLISTED_PCI,
 						optarg) < 0) {
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c
index 38cace6b5c..633e3b8f8c 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@
 #define OPT_NO_HUGE     "no-huge"
 #define OPT_FILE_PREFIX "file-prefix"
 #define OPT_SOCKET_MEM  "socket-mem"
-#define OPT_USE_DEVICE  "use-device"
 #define OPT_PCI_WHITELIST "pci-whitelist"
 #define OPT_PCI_BLACKLIST "pci-blacklist"
 #define OPT_VDEV        "vdev"
@@ -880,12 +879,6 @@ eal_parse_args(int argc, char **argv)
 					return -1;
 				}
 			}
-			else if (!strcmp(lgopts[option_index].name, OPT_USE_DEVICE)) {
-				printf("The --use-device option is deprecated, please use\n"
-					"--whitelist or --vdev instead.\n");
-				eal_usage(prgname);
-				return -1;
-			}
 			else if (!strcmp(lgopts[option_index].name, OPT_PCI_BLACKLIST)) {
 				if (rte_eal_devargs_add(RTE_DEVTYPE_BLACKLISTED_PCI,
 						optarg) < 0) {