diff --git a/infer/bin/BuckAnalyze b/infer/bin/BuckAnalyze
index cc8e0783f..5c7b889a5 100755
--- a/infer/bin/BuckAnalyze
+++ b/infer/bin/BuckAnalyze
@@ -67,10 +67,6 @@ def prepare_build(args):
     if args.no_filtering:
         inferJ_options.append('--no-filtering')
 
-    if args.analyzer_mode:
-       inferJ_options.append('--analyzer_mode')
-       inferJ_options.append(args.analyzer_mode)
-
     # Create a temporary directory as a cache for jar files.
     infer_cache_dir = os.path.join(args.infer_out, 'cache')
     if not os.path.isdir(infer_cache_dir):
diff --git a/infer/bin/inferlib.py b/infer/bin/inferlib.py
index 783b84f06..98136d9ed 100644
--- a/infer/bin/inferlib.py
+++ b/infer/bin/inferlib.py
@@ -80,9 +80,6 @@ base_group.add_argument('-a', '--analyzer',
                         help='Select the analyzer within: {0}'.format(
                             ', '.join(MODES)),
                         default=INFER)
-base_group.add_argument('-m', '--analyzer_mode', metavar='<analyzer_mode>',
-                        help='''Select a special analyzer mode such as
-                        graphql1 or graphql2''')
 base_group.add_argument('-nf', '--no-filtering', action='store_true',
                         help='''Also show the results from the experimental
                         checks. Warning: some checks may contain many false
@@ -423,9 +420,6 @@ class Infer:
             if os.path.isfile(utils.MODELS_JAR):
                 infer_options += ['-models', utils.MODELS_JAR]
 
-        if self.args.analyzer_mode:
-            infer_options += ['-analyzer_mode', self.args.analyzer_mode]
-
         if self.args.infer_cache:
             infer_options += ['-infer_cache', self.args.infer_cache]
 
@@ -622,8 +616,6 @@ class Infer:
         if self.javac.args.version:
             if self.args.buck:
                 key = self.args.analyzer
-                if self.args.analyzer_mode:
-                    key += '_' + self.args.analyzer_mode
                 print(utils.infer_key(key), file=sys.stderr)
             else:
                 return self.javac.run()
diff --git a/infer/src/backend/inferanalyze.ml b/infer/src/backend/inferanalyze.ml
index 3b3eae2fc..fd88c2e35 100644
--- a/infer/src/backend/inferanalyze.ml
+++ b/infer/src/backend/inferanalyze.ml
@@ -112,7 +112,6 @@ let print_version_json () =
   exit 0
 
 let arg_desc =
-  let analyzer_mode s = Facebook.analyzer_mode s in
   let base_arg =
     let exclude s = match read_file s with
       | None ->
@@ -161,7 +160,6 @@ let arg_desc =
       "-intraprocedural", Arg.Set Config.intraprocedural, None, "perform an intraprocedural analysis only";
       "-makefile", Arg.Set_string makefile_cmdline, Some "file", "create a makefile to perform the analysis";
       "-max_cluster", Arg.Set_int Config.max_cluster_size, Some "n", "set the max number of procedures in each cluster (default n=2000)";
-      "-analyzer_mode", Arg.String analyzer_mode, Some "mode", " run the analysis in a specific mode";
       "-only_nospecs", Arg.Set Config.only_nospecs, None, " only analyze procedures which were analyzed before but have no specs";
       "-only_skips", Arg.Set Config.only_skips, None, " only analyze procedures dependent on previous skips which now have a .specs file";
       "-seconds_per_iteration", Arg.Set_int seconds_per_iteration, Some "n", "set the number of seconds per iteration (default n=30)";
diff --git a/infer/src/opensource/facebook.ml b/infer/src/opensource/facebook.ml
index b054f15f4..e8d99d83e 100644
--- a/infer/src/opensource/facebook.ml
+++ b/infer/src/opensource/facebook.ml
@@ -3,5 +3,4 @@
 * All rights reserved.
 *)
 
-let analyzer_mode s = ()
 let register_checkers () = ()