diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 4e1200ec40..543274af7f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ MPlayer (1.0)
     * libdvdcss updated to Subversion HEAD, now same as upstream version
     * libmpdvdkit split into libdvdread and libdvdcss
     * obsolete XviD 3 support removed
+    * long-deprecated -vop option removed
     * video stream switching
 
 
diff --git a/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 b/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
index a2b36ec5bb..521d5ca002 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
+++ b/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
@@ -4888,13 +4888,6 @@ The syntax is:
 .TP
 .B \-vf <filter1[=parameter1:parameter2:...],filter2,...>
 Setup a chain of video filters.
-.
-.TP
-.B \-vop <...,filter2[=parameter1:parameter2:...],filter1> (OBSOLETE)
-Setup a chain of video filters, to be applied in
-.B reverse
-order.
-Deprecated in favor of \-vf.
 .PP
 Many parameters are optional and set to default values if omitted.
 To explicitly use a default value set a parameter to '-1'.
diff --git a/cfg-common.h b/cfg-common.h
index 23740294a6..b95d6e7e1d 100644
--- a/cfg-common.h
+++ b/cfg-common.h
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@
 	{"af-adv", audio_filter_conf, CONF_TYPE_SUBCONFIG, 0, 0, 0, NULL},
 	{"af", &af_cfg.list, CONF_TYPE_STRING_LIST, 0, 0, 0, NULL},
 
-	{"vop*", &vo_plugin_args, CONF_TYPE_OBJ_SETTINGS_LIST, 0, 0, 0,&vf_obj_list },
+	{"vop", "-vop has been removed, use -vf instead.\n", CONF_TYPE_PRINT, CONF_NOCFG ,0,0, NULL},
 	{"vf*", &vf_settings, CONF_TYPE_OBJ_SETTINGS_LIST, 0, 0, 0, &vf_obj_list},
 	// select audio/video codec (by name) or codec family (by number):
 //	{"afm", &audio_family, CONF_TYPE_INT, CONF_MIN, 0, 22, NULL}, // keep ranges in sync
@@ -555,8 +555,6 @@ m_option_t mfopts_conf[]={
         {"type", &mf_type, CONF_TYPE_STRING, 0, 0, 0, NULL},
         {NULL, NULL, 0, 0, 0, 0, NULL}
 };
-						
-extern m_obj_settings_t* vo_plugin_args;
 
 #include "libaf/af.h"
 extern af_cfg_t af_cfg; // Audio filter configuration, defined in libmpcodecs/dec_audio.c
diff --git a/libmpcodecs/vf.c b/libmpcodecs/vf.c
index 510e810083..34e7e060c7 100644
--- a/libmpcodecs/vf.c
+++ b/libmpcodecs/vf.c
@@ -200,8 +200,6 @@ static vf_info_t* filter_list[]={
 
 // For the vf option
 m_obj_settings_t* vf_settings = NULL;
-// For the vop option
-m_obj_settings_t* vo_plugin_args = NULL;
 m_obj_list_t vf_obj_list = {
   (void**)filter_list,
   M_ST_OFF(vf_info_t,name),
@@ -699,7 +697,6 @@ vf_instance_t* append_filters(vf_instance_t* last){
   vf_instance_t* vf;
   int i; 
 
-  // -vf take precedence over -vop
   if(vf_settings) {
     // We want to add them in the 'right order'
     for(i = 0 ; vf_settings[i].name ; i++)
@@ -709,12 +706,6 @@ vf_instance_t* append_filters(vf_instance_t* last){
       vf = vf_open_filter(last,vf_settings[i].name,vf_settings[i].attribs);
       if(vf) last=vf;
     }
-  } else if(vo_plugin_args) {
-    for(i = 0 ; vo_plugin_args[i].name ; i++) {
-      vf = vf_open_filter(last,vo_plugin_args[i].name,
-			  vo_plugin_args[i].attribs);
-      if(vf) last=vf;
-    }
   }
   return last;
 }
@@ -737,11 +728,3 @@ void vf_uninit_filter_chain(vf_instance_t* vf){
 	vf=next;
     }
 }
-
-void vf_list_plugins(void){
-    int i=0;
-    while(filter_list[i]){
-        mp_msg(MSGT_VFILTER,MSGL_INFO,"\t%-10s: %s\n",filter_list[i]->name,filter_list[i]->info);
-        i++;
-    }
-}
diff --git a/libmpcodecs/vf.h b/libmpcodecs/vf.h
index c223df2ab5..aa1b93beed 100644
--- a/libmpcodecs/vf.h
+++ b/libmpcodecs/vf.h
@@ -114,8 +114,6 @@ void vf_next_draw_slice (struct vf_instance_s* vf, unsigned char** src, int* str
 
 vf_instance_t* append_filters(vf_instance_t* last);
 
-void vf_list_plugins(void);
-
 void vf_uninit_filter(vf_instance_t* vf);
 void vf_uninit_filter_chain(vf_instance_t* vf);