diff --git a/libavcodec/libx264.c b/libavcodec/libx264.c
index 894e614844..4f7280b6d3 100644
--- a/libavcodec/libx264.c
+++ b/libavcodec/libx264.c
@@ -227,8 +227,6 @@ X264_init(AVCodecContext *avctx)
     x4->params.analyse.i_me_range = avctx->me_range;
     x4->params.analyse.i_subpel_refine = avctx->me_subpel_quality;
 
-    x4->params.analyse.b_bidir_me = avctx->bidir_refine > 0;
-    x4->params.analyse.b_bframe_rdo = avctx->flags2 & CODEC_FLAG2_BRDO;
     x4->params.analyse.b_mixed_references =
         avctx->flags2 & CODEC_FLAG2_MIXED_REFS;
     x4->params.analyse.b_chroma_me = avctx->me_cmp & FF_CMP_CHROMA;
diff --git a/libavcodec/utils.c b/libavcodec/utils.c
index cf40681759..b79d235445 100644
--- a/libavcodec/utils.c
+++ b/libavcodec/utils.c
@@ -711,7 +711,6 @@ static const AVOption options[]={
 {"dct8x8", "high profile 8x8 transform (H.264)", 0, FF_OPT_TYPE_CONST, CODEC_FLAG2_8X8DCT, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, V|E, "flags2"},
 {"fastpskip", "fast pskip (H.264)", 0, FF_OPT_TYPE_CONST, CODEC_FLAG2_FASTPSKIP, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, V|E, "flags2"},
 {"aud", "access unit delimiters (H.264)", 0, FF_OPT_TYPE_CONST, CODEC_FLAG2_AUD, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, V|E, "flags2"},
-{"brdo", "b-frame rate-distortion optimization", 0, FF_OPT_TYPE_CONST, CODEC_FLAG2_BRDO, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, V|E, "flags2"},
 {"skiprd", "RD optimal MB level residual skipping", 0, FF_OPT_TYPE_CONST, CODEC_FLAG2_SKIP_RD, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, V|E, "flags2"},
 {"complexityblur", "reduce fluctuations in qp (before curve compression)", OFFSET(complexityblur), FF_OPT_TYPE_FLOAT, 20.0, FLT_MIN, FLT_MAX, V|E},
 {"deblockalpha", "in-loop deblocking filter alphac0 parameter", OFFSET(deblockalpha), FF_OPT_TYPE_INT, DEFAULT, -6, 6, V|E},