diff --git a/osc/commandline.py b/osc/commandline.py
index 305e30b4..3c91a156 100644
--- a/osc/commandline.py
+++ b/osc/commandline.py
@@ -427,8 +427,6 @@ class Osc(cmdln.Cmdln):
 
     @cmdln.option('-f', '--force', action='store_true',
                         help='force generation of new patchinfo file')
-    @cmdln.option('-n', '--new', action='store_true',
-                        help='Use new, OBS 2.3 style patchinfo format. Will become default on release of OBS 2.3.')
     @cmdln.option('--force-update', action='store_true',
                         help='drops away collected packages from an already built patch and let it collect again')
     def do_patchinfo(self, subcmd, opts, *args):
@@ -457,8 +455,6 @@ class Osc(cmdln.Cmdln):
         if opts.force or not patchinfo:
             print "Creating initial patchinfo..."
             query='cmd=createpatchinfo'
-            if opts.new:
-                query+='&new_format=1'
             if args and args[0]:
                 query += "&name=" + args[0]
             url = makeurl(apiurl, ['source', project], query=query)