diff --git a/avconv.c b/avconv.c
index 9df4779d500ed6174ac90938e5da6fe07362640d..35d43b9aa0b93b988f47369b9869d924b17e38fc 100644
--- a/avconv.c
+++ b/avconv.c
@@ -4076,47 +4076,6 @@ static int opt_bsf(const char *opt, const char *arg)
     return 0;
 }
 
-static int opt_preset(const char *opt, const char *arg)
-{
-    FILE *f=NULL;
-    char filename[1000], tmp[1000], tmp2[1000], line[1000];
-    char *codec_name = *opt == 'v' ? video_codec_name :
-                       *opt == 'a' ? audio_codec_name :
-                                     subtitle_codec_name;
-
-    if (!(f = get_preset_file(filename, sizeof(filename), arg, *opt == 'f', codec_name))) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "File for preset '%s' not found\n", arg);
-        exit_program(1);
-    }
-
-    while(!feof(f)){
-        int e= fscanf(f, "%999[^\n]\n", line) - 1;
-        if(line[0] == '#' && !e)
-            continue;
-        e|= sscanf(line, "%999[^=]=%999[^\n]\n", tmp, tmp2) - 2;
-        if(e){
-            fprintf(stderr, "%s: Invalid syntax: '%s'\n", filename, line);
-            exit_program(1);
-        }
-        if(!strcmp(tmp, "acodec")){
-            opt_audio_codec(tmp, tmp2);
-        }else if(!strcmp(tmp, "vcodec")){
-            opt_video_codec(tmp, tmp2);
-        }else if(!strcmp(tmp, "scodec")){
-            opt_subtitle_codec(tmp, tmp2);
-        }else if(!strcmp(tmp, "dcodec")){
-            opt_data_codec(tmp, tmp2);
-        }else if(opt_default(tmp, tmp2) < 0){
-            fprintf(stderr, "%s: Invalid option or argument: '%s', parsed as '%s' = '%s'\n", filename, line, tmp, tmp2);
-            exit_program(1);
-        }
-    }
-
-    fclose(f);
-
-    return 0;
-}
-
 static const OptionDef options[] = {
     /* main options */
 #include "cmdutils_common_opts.h"
@@ -4230,10 +4189,6 @@ static const OptionDef options[] = {
     { "vbsf", HAS_ARG | OPT_VIDEO | OPT_EXPERT, {(void*)opt_bsf}, "", "bitstream_filter" },
     { "sbsf", HAS_ARG | OPT_SUBTITLE | OPT_EXPERT, {(void*)opt_bsf}, "", "bitstream_filter" },
 
-    { "apre", HAS_ARG | OPT_AUDIO | OPT_EXPERT, {(void*)opt_preset}, "set the audio options to the indicated preset", "preset" },
-    { "vpre", HAS_ARG | OPT_VIDEO | OPT_EXPERT, {(void*)opt_preset}, "set the video options to the indicated preset", "preset" },
-    { "spre", HAS_ARG | OPT_SUBTITLE | OPT_EXPERT, {(void*)opt_preset}, "set the subtitle options to the indicated preset", "preset" },
-    { "fpre", HAS_ARG | OPT_EXPERT, {(void*)opt_preset}, "set options from indicated preset file", "filename" },
     /* data codec support */
     { "dcodec", HAS_ARG | OPT_DATA, {(void*)opt_data_codec}, "force data codec ('copy' to copy stream)", "codec" },
 
diff --git a/doc/avconv.texi b/doc/avconv.texi
index d9d20137aa091388014df689348c8f75a0a85756..a190cbe53553b7f21b3e5c8b13d88d73d3097adb 100644
--- a/doc/avconv.texi
+++ b/doc/avconv.texi
@@ -786,40 +786,6 @@ avconv -i infile -streamid 0:33 -streamid 1:36 out.ts
 @end example
 @end table
 
-@section Preset files
-
-A preset file contains a sequence of @var{option}=@var{value} pairs,
-one for each line, specifying a sequence of options which would be
-awkward to specify on the command line. Lines starting with the hash
-('#') character are ignored and are used to provide comments. Check
-the @file{ffpresets} directory in the Libav source tree for examples.
-
-Preset files are specified with the @code{vpre}, @code{apre},
-@code{spre}, and @code{fpre} options. The @code{fpre} option takes the
-filename of the preset instead of a preset name as input and can be
-used for any kind of codec. For the @code{vpre}, @code{apre}, and
-@code{spre} options, the options specified in a preset file are
-applied to the currently selected codec of the same type as the preset
-option.
-
-The argument passed to the @code{vpre}, @code{apre}, and @code{spre}
-preset options identifies the preset file to use according to the
-following rules:
-
-First avconv searches for a file named @var{arg}.ffpreset in the
-directories @file{$av_DATADIR} (if set), and @file{$HOME/.avconv}, and in
-the datadir defined at configuration time (usually @file{PREFIX/share/avconv})
-in that order. For example, if the argument is @code{libx264-max}, it will
-search for the file @file{libx264-max.ffpreset}.
-
-If no such file is found, then avconv will search for a file named
-@var{codec_name}-@var{arg}.ffpreset in the above-mentioned
-directories, where @var{codec_name} is the name of the codec to which
-the preset file options will be applied. For example, if you select
-the video codec with @code{-vcodec libx264} and use @code{-vpre max},
-then it will search for the file @file{libx264-max.ffpreset}.
-@c man end
-
 @chapter Tips
 @c man begin TIPS