diff --git a/engine/wscript b/engine/wscript
index 3b320595..6b0647d1 100644
--- a/engine/wscript
+++ b/engine/wscript
@@ -54,9 +54,6 @@ def options(opt):
 	grp.add_option('--enable-engine-fuzz', action = 'store_true', dest = 'ENGINE_FUZZ', default = False,
 		help = 'add LLVM libFuzzer [default: %(default)s]' )
 
-	grp.add_option('--enable-ffmpeg', action = 'store_true', dest = 'FFMPEG', default = False,
-		help = '') # hidden option, does nothing
-
 	grp.add_option('--enable-ffmpeg', action = 'store_true', dest = 'FFMPEG', default = False,
 		help = 'enable ffmpeg based movie playback')