diff --git a/infer/src/base/Config.ml b/infer/src/base/Config.ml
index cc6a478c8..a9a4f5bc9 100644
--- a/infer/src/base/Config.ml
+++ b/infer/src/base/Config.ml
@@ -481,10 +481,6 @@ and rest =
     ~exes:CLOpt.[Toplevel;BuckCompilationDatabase]
     "Stop argument processing, use remaining arguments as a build command"
 
-and absolute_paths =
-  CLOpt.mk_bool ~long:"absolute-paths"
-    ~exes:CLOpt.[Java] "Report errors using absolute paths"
-
 and abs_struct =
   CLOpt.mk_int ~deprecated:["absstruct"] ~long:"abs-struct" ~default:1
     ~meta:"int" "Specify abstraction level for fields of structs:\n\
@@ -1383,7 +1379,6 @@ let anon_args = IList.rev !anon_args
 and rest = !rest
 and abs_struct = !abs_struct
 and abs_val_orig = !abs_val
-and absolute_paths = !absolute_paths
 and allow_specs_cleanup = !allow_specs_cleanup
 and analysis_path_regex_whitelist_options =
   IList.map (fun (a, b) -> (a, !b)) analysis_path_regex_whitelist_options
diff --git a/infer/src/base/Config.mli b/infer/src/base/Config.mli
index b8587d3a2..40100755f 100644
--- a/infer/src/base/Config.mli
+++ b/infer/src/base/Config.mli
@@ -130,7 +130,6 @@ val wrappers_dir : string
 val anon_args : string list
 val rest : string list
 val abs_struct : int
-val absolute_paths : bool
 val allow_specs_cleanup : bool
 val analysis_path_regex_whitelist : analyzer -> string list
 val analysis_path_regex_blacklist : analyzer -> string list