diff --git a/src/DHCP-binpac.h b/src/DHCP-binpac.h
index a3890b399d..df47ec7765 100644
--- a/src/DHCP-binpac.h
+++ b/src/DHCP-binpac.h
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ public:
 		{ return new DHCP_Analyzer_binpac(conn); }
 
 	static bool Available()
-		{ return dhcp_request && FLAGS_use_binpac; }
+		{ return dhcp_request; }
 
 protected:
 	binpac::DHCP::DHCP_Conn* interp;
diff --git a/src/DNS.h b/src/DNS.h
index 28e68cccad..569af906bf 100644
--- a/src/DNS.h
+++ b/src/DNS.h
@@ -271,8 +271,7 @@ public:
 
 	static bool Available()
 		{
-		return (dns_request || dns_full_request) &&
-			! FLAGS_use_binpac;
+		return (dns_request || dns_full_request);
 		}
 
 protected:
diff --git a/src/Syslog-binpac.h b/src/Syslog-binpac.h
index 85caf5aaa4..88b64c5f70 100644
--- a/src/Syslog-binpac.h
+++ b/src/Syslog-binpac.h
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ protected:
 //		{ return new Syslog_TCP_Analyzer_binpac(conn); }
 //
 //	static bool Available()
-//		{ return (Syslog_request || Syslog_full_request) && FLAGS_use_binpac; }
+//		{ return (Syslog_request || Syslog_full_request); }
 //
 //protected:
 //	binpac::Syslog_on_TCP::Syslog_TCP_Conn* interp;
diff --git a/src/binpac_bro.h b/src/binpac_bro.h
index 5f46d8f458..5902c52113 100644
--- a/src/binpac_bro.h
+++ b/src/binpac_bro.h
@@ -35,6 +35,4 @@ inline StringVal* bytestring_to_val(const_bytestring const &str)
 
 } // namespace binpac
 
-extern int FLAGS_use_binpac;
-
 #endif
diff --git a/src/main.cc b/src/main.cc
index 7a86bde6da..cb3fbd7f6e 100644
--- a/src/main.cc
+++ b/src/main.cc
@@ -114,8 +114,6 @@ vector<string> params;
 char* proc_status_file = 0;
 int snaplen = 0;	// this gets set from the scripting-layer's value
 
-int FLAGS_use_binpac = false;
-
 extern std::list<BroDoc*> docs_generated;
 
 // Keep copy of command line
@@ -204,8 +202,6 @@ void usage()
 	fprintf(stderr, "    -n|--idmef-dtd <idmef-msg.dtd> | specify path to IDMEF DTD file\n");
 #endif
 
-	fprintf(stderr, "    --use-binpac                   | use new-style BinPAC parsers when available\n");
-
 	fprintf(stderr, "    $BROPATH                       | file search path (%s)\n", bro_path());
 	fprintf(stderr, "    $BRO_PREFIXES                  | prefix list (%s)\n", bro_prefixes());
 	fprintf(stderr, "    $BRO_DNS_FAKE                  | disable DNS lookups (%s)\n", bro_dns_fake());
@@ -497,8 +493,6 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
 
 		{"pseudo-realtime",	optional_argument, 0,	'E'},
 
-		{"use-binpac",		no_argument, 		&FLAGS_use_binpac, 1},
-
 		{0,			0,			0,	0},
 	};