diff --git a/options.cmake b/options.cmake
index 85e2f3ca..66fb6708 100644
--- a/options.cmake
+++ b/options.cmake
@@ -57,13 +57,6 @@ if (DESKTOP_APP_USE_PACKAGED_LAZY)
     )
 endif()
 
-if (DESKTOP_APP_DISABLE_WEBKITGTK)
-    target_compile_definitions(common_options
-    INTERFACE
-        DESKTOP_APP_DISABLE_WEBKITGTK
-    )
-endif()
-
 if (DESKTOP_APP_USE_PACKAGED_FONTS)
     target_compile_definitions(common_options
     INTERFACE
diff --git a/variables.cmake b/variables.cmake
index 98b38958..768612c7 100644
--- a/variables.cmake
+++ b/variables.cmake
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ option(DESKTOP_APP_USE_PACKAGED "Find libraries using CMake instead of exact pat
 option(DESKTOP_APP_USE_PACKAGED_LAZY "Bundle recommended Qt plugins for self-contained packages. (Linux only)" OFF)
 option(DESKTOP_APP_USE_PACKAGED_FFMPEG_STATIC "Link ffmpeg statically in packaged mode." OFF)
 option(DESKTOP_APP_DISABLE_SPELLCHECK "Disable spellcheck library." OFF)
-option(DESKTOP_APP_DISABLE_WEBKITGTK "Disable WebKitGTK library (Linux only)." OFF)
 option(DESKTOP_APP_DISABLE_CRASH_REPORTS "Disable crash report generation." ${no_special_target})
 option(DESKTOP_APP_DISABLE_AUTOUPDATE "Disable autoupdate." ${disable_autoupdate})
 option(DESKTOP_APP_USE_HUNSPELL_ONLY "Disable system spellchecker and use bundled Hunspell only. (For debugging purposes)" OFF)