diff --git a/doc/src/devdocs/llvm.md b/doc/src/devdocs/llvm.md
index cda30e3403b32..7b8334e27ae59 100644
--- a/doc/src/devdocs/llvm.md
+++ b/doc/src/devdocs/llvm.md
@@ -85,12 +85,6 @@ cc -shared -o sys.so sys.o
 ```
 This system image can then be loaded by `julia` as usual.
 
-Alternatively, you can
-use `--output-jit-bc jit.bc` to obtain a trace of all IR passed to the JIT.
-This is useful for code that cannot be run as part of the sysimg generation
-process (e.g. because it creates unserializable state). However, the resulting
-`jit.bc` does not include sysimage data, and can thus not be used as such.
-
 It is also possible to dump an LLVM IR module for just one Julia function,
 using:
 ```julia
diff --git a/src/jloptions.c b/src/jloptions.c
index 4fbf83e8f5e30..3fb06fd4e7340 100644
--- a/src/jloptions.c
+++ b/src/jloptions.c
@@ -161,7 +161,6 @@ static const char opts_hidden[]  =
 
     // compiler debugging (see the devdocs for tips on using these options)
     " --output-unopt-bc name    Generate unoptimized LLVM bitcode (.bc)\n"
-    " --output-jit-bc name      Dump all IR generated by the frontend (not including system image)\n"
     " --output-bc name          Generate LLVM bitcode (.bc)\n"
     " --output-asm name         Generate an assembly file (.s)\n"
     " --output-incremental=no   Generate an incremental output file (rather than complete)\n"