diff --git a/libraries/app/application.cpp b/libraries/app/application.cpp
index adfd8402..31a5984e 100644
--- a/libraries/app/application.cpp
+++ b/libraries/app/application.cpp
@@ -934,7 +934,6 @@ void application::set_program_options(boost::program_options::options_descriptio
          ("enable-standby-votes-tracking", bpo::value<bool>()->implicit_value(true),
           "Whether to enable tracking of votes of standby witnesses and committee members. "
           "Set it to true to provide accurate data to API clients, set to false for slightly better performance.")
-         ("plugins", bpo::value<string>(), "Space-separated list of plugins to activate")
          ;
    command_line_options.add(configuration_file_options);
    command_line_options.add_options()