diff --git a/apps/openmw/engine.cpp b/apps/openmw/engine.cpp
index 01cca1b78..3c2423345 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/engine.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/engine.cpp
@@ -65,10 +65,6 @@ void OMW::Engine::executeLocalScripts()
     localScripts.setIgnore (MWWorld::Ptr());
 }
 
-void OMW::Engine::setAnimationVerbose(bool animverbose)
-{
-}
-
 bool OMW::Engine::frameStarted (const Ogre::FrameEvent& evt)
 {
     bool paused = MWBase::Environment::get().getWindowManager()->isGuiMode();
diff --git a/apps/openmw/engine.hpp b/apps/openmw/engine.hpp
index e0f8f94e6..9292e81bb 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/engine.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/engine.hpp
@@ -171,8 +171,6 @@ namespace OMW
             /// Font encoding
             void setEncoding(const ToUTF8::FromType& encoding);
 
-            void setAnimationVerbose(bool animverbose);
-
             void setFallbackValues(std::map<std::string,std::string> map);
 
             /// Enable console-only script functionality
diff --git a/apps/openmw/main.cpp b/apps/openmw/main.cpp
index e3158d268..abb3723d4 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/main.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/main.cpp
@@ -121,9 +121,6 @@ bool parseOptions (int argc, char** argv, OMW::Engine& engine, Files::Configurat
         ("content", bpo::value<StringsVector>()->default_value(StringsVector(), "")
             ->multitoken(), "content file(s): esm/esp, or omwgame/omwaddon")
 
-        ("anim-verbose", bpo::value<bool>()->implicit_value(true)
-            ->default_value(false), "output animation indices files")
-
         ("nosound", bpo::value<bool>()->implicit_value(true)
             ->default_value(false), "disable all sounds")
 
@@ -240,7 +237,6 @@ bool parseOptions (int argc, char** argv, OMW::Engine& engine, Files::Configurat
     engine.setSoundUsage(!variables["nosound"].as<bool>());
     engine.setScriptsVerbosity(variables["script-verbose"].as<bool>());
     engine.setCompileAll(variables["script-all"].as<bool>());
-    engine.setAnimationVerbose(variables["anim-verbose"].as<bool>());
     engine.setFallbackValues(variables["fallback"].as<FallbackMap>().mMap);
     engine.setScriptConsoleMode (variables["script-console"].as<bool>());
     engine.setStartupScript (variables["script-run"].as<std::string>());