diff --git a/libavcodec/options.c b/libavcodec/options.c
index e747408b19..d1cc183050 100644
--- a/libavcodec/options.c
+++ b/libavcodec/options.c
@@ -329,7 +329,6 @@ static const AVOption options[]={
 {"ibias", "intra quant bias", OFFSET(intra_quant_bias), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.dbl = FF_DEFAULT_QUANT_BIAS }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, V|E},
 {"pbias", "inter quant bias", OFFSET(inter_quant_bias), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.dbl = FF_DEFAULT_QUANT_BIAS }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, V|E},
 {"color_table_id", NULL, OFFSET(color_table_id), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.dbl = DEFAULT }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX},
-{"internal_buffer_count", NULL, OFFSET(internal_buffer_count), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.dbl = DEFAULT }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX},
 {"global_quality", NULL, OFFSET(global_quality), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.dbl = DEFAULT }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, V|A|E},
 {"coder", NULL, OFFSET(coder_type), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.dbl = DEFAULT }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, V|E, "coder"},
 {"vlc", "variable length coder / huffman coder", 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.dbl = FF_CODER_TYPE_VLC }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, V|E, "coder"},