diff --git a/src/borg/archiver/delete_cmd.py b/src/borg/archiver/delete_cmd.py
index 6f94020dbb..5ff6817d45 100644
--- a/src/borg/archiver/delete_cmd.py
+++ b/src/borg/archiver/delete_cmd.py
@@ -142,12 +142,6 @@ def build_parser_delete(self, subparsers, common_parser, mid_common_parser):
         subparser.add_argument(
             "-s", "--stats", dest="stats", action="store_true", help="print statistics for the deleted archive"
         )
-        subparser.add_argument(
-            "--cache-only",
-            dest="cache_only",
-            action="store_true",
-            help="delete only the local cache for the given repository",
-        )
         subparser.add_argument(
             "--force",
             dest="forced",