diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/render.rs b/src/librustdoc/html/render.rs
index 34633bb61620..d2c8078e62a4 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/render.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/render.rs
@@ -306,8 +306,7 @@ thread_local!(pub static CURRENT_LOCATION_KEY: RefCell<Vec<String>> =
 pub fn run(mut krate: clean::Crate,
            external_html: &ExternalHtml,
            dst: PathBuf,
-           passes: HashSet<String>,
-           issue_tracker_base_url: Option<String>) -> io::Result<()> {
+           passes: HashSet<String>) -> io::Result<()> {
     let src_root = match krate.src.parent() {
         Some(p) => p.to_path_buf(),
         None => PathBuf::new(),
@@ -327,7 +326,7 @@ pub fn run(mut krate: clean::Crate,
         },
         include_sources: true,
         render_redirect_pages: false,
-        issue_tracker_base_url: issue_tracker_base_url,
+        issue_tracker_base_url: None,
     };
 
     try!(mkdir(&cx.dst));
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/lib.rs b/src/librustdoc/lib.rs
index af1d06916bc9..a754fb058ee9 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/lib.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/lib.rs
@@ -179,8 +179,6 @@ pub fn opts() -> Vec<getopts::OptGroup> {
                  "FILES"),
         optopt("", "markdown-playground-url",
                "URL to send code snippets to", "URL"),
-        optopt("", "issue-tracker-base-url",
-               "base URL for issue tracker", "URL"),
         optflag("", "markdown-no-toc", "don't include table of contents")
     )
 }
@@ -287,8 +285,7 @@ pub fn main_args(args: &[String]) -> isize {
         Some("html") | None => {
             match html::render::run(krate, &external_html,
                                     output.unwrap_or(PathBuf::from("doc")),
-                                    passes.into_iter().collect(),
-                                    matches.opt_str("issue-tracker-base-url")) {
+                                    passes.into_iter().collect()) {
                 Ok(()) => {}
                 Err(e) => panic!("failed to generate documentation: {}", e),
             }