diff --git a/libavcodec/libaomenc.c b/libavcodec/libaomenc.c
index c5458766cb..4cad053a48 100644
--- a/libavcodec/libaomenc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/libaomenc.c
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ typedef struct AOMEncoderContext {
     int crf;
     int static_thresh;
     int drop_threshold;
-    int noise_sensitivity;
     uint64_t sse[4];
     int have_sse; /**< true if we have pending sse[] */
     uint64_t frame_number;
@@ -980,7 +979,6 @@ static const AVOption options[] = {
     { "crf",              "Select the quality for constant quality mode", offsetof(AOMContext, crf), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64 = -1}, -1, 63, VE },
     { "static-thresh",    "A change threshold on blocks below which they will be skipped by the encoder", OFFSET(static_thresh), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, { .i64 = 0 }, 0, INT_MAX, VE },
     { "drop-threshold",   "Frame drop threshold", offsetof(AOMContext, drop_threshold), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64 = 0 }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, VE },
-    { "noise-sensitivity", "Noise sensitivity", OFFSET(noise_sensitivity), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64 = 0 }, 0, 4, VE},
     { "tiles",            "Tile columns x rows", OFFSET(tile_cols), AV_OPT_TYPE_IMAGE_SIZE, { .str = NULL }, 0, 0, VE },
     { "tile-columns",     "Log2 of number of tile columns to use", OFFSET(tile_cols_log2), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64 = -1}, -1, 6, VE},
     { "tile-rows",        "Log2 of number of tile rows to use",    OFFSET(tile_rows_log2), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64 = -1}, -1, 6, VE},