diff --git a/engine/wscript b/engine/wscript
index 613e5477..b2e4355d 100644
--- a/engine/wscript
+++ b/engine/wscript
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ def options(opt):
 	grp.add_option('--enable-fbdev', action = 'store_true', dest = 'FBDEV_SW', default = False,
 		help = 'build fbdev-only software-only engine')
 
-	grp.add_option('--disable-async-resolve', action = 'store_true', dest = 'NO_ASYNC_RESOLVE', default = False,
-		help = 'disable multithreaded operations(asynchronous name resolution)')
-
 	grp.add_option('--enable-custom-swap', action = 'store_true', dest = 'CUSTOM_SWAP', default = False,
 		help = 'enable custom swap allocator. For devices with no swap support')
 
@@ -63,6 +60,8 @@ def find_sdl(conf):
 		conf.env.XASH_SDL = 2
 
 def configure(conf):
+	have_async_resolve = True
+
 	# Common dependencies, will be linked to both dedicated server and client
 	if conf.env.DEST_OS == 'linux':
 		conf.check_cc(lib='rt')
@@ -72,13 +71,13 @@ def configure(conf):
 		conf.env.LIB_HAIKU = ['network']
 		conf.env.LIBPATH_HAIKU = ['/boot/system/lib']
 	elif conf.env.DEST_OS == 'wasi':
-		conf.options.NO_ASYNC_RESOLVE = True
+		have_async_resolve = False
 		conf.env.CFLAGS += ['-mllvm', '-wasm-enable-sjlj']
 	elif conf.env.DEST_OS == 'sunos':
 		conf.check_cc(lib='socket')
 	elif conf.env.DEST_OS == 'dos':
 		conf.options.STATIC = True
-		conf.options.NO_ASYNC_RESOLVE = True
+		have_async_resolve = False
 
 	if conf.options.ENGINE_FUZZ:
 		conf.env.append_unique('CFLAGS', '-fsanitize=fuzzer-no-link')
@@ -105,6 +104,7 @@ def configure(conf):
 		elif conf.options.SDL12: # TODO: move to sdl2.py
 			conf.check_cfg(package='sdl', args='--cflags --libs', uselib_store='SDL1')
 			conf.env.XASH_SDL = 1
+			have_async_resolve = False
 			conf.env.HAVE_SDL1 = True
 		else:
 			find_sdl(conf)
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ def configure(conf):
 		conf.env.STATIC = True
 		conf.define('XASH_NO_LIBDL', 1)
 
-	if not conf.env.DEST_OS in ['win32', 'android'] and not conf.options.NO_ASYNC_RESOLVE:
+	if not conf.env.DEST_OS in ['win32', 'android'] and have_async_resolve:
 		conf.check_pthreads(mode='c')
 
 	if hasattr(conf.options, 'DLLEMU'):
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ def configure(conf):
 	conf.define_cond('XASH_ENGINE_TESTS', conf.options.ENGINE_TESTS)
 	conf.define_cond('XASH_STATIC_LIBS', conf.env.STATIC_LINKING)
 	conf.define_cond('XASH_CUSTOM_SWAP', conf.options.CUSTOM_SWAP)
-	conf.define_cond('XASH_NO_ASYNC_NS_RESOLVE', conf.options.NO_ASYNC_RESOLVE)
+	conf.define_cond('XASH_NO_ASYNC_NS_RESOLVE', not have_async_resolve)
 	conf.define_cond('PSAPI_VERSION', conf.env.DEST_OS == 'win32') # will be defined as 1
 
 	for refdll in conf.refdlls:
diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index a1029d46..17f6c346 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -249,7 +249,6 @@ def configure(conf):
 		conf.options.NO_VGUI          = True
 		conf.options.GL               = False
 		conf.options.LOW_MEMORY       = 1
-		conf.options.NO_ASYNC_RESOLVE = True
 		enforce_pic = False
 	elif conf.env.DEST_OS == 'nswitch':
 		conf.options.NO_VGUI          = True