diff --git a/userspace/falco/app/actions/load_config.cpp b/userspace/falco/app/actions/load_config.cpp
index b2701009..b5730b80 100644
--- a/userspace/falco/app/actions/load_config.cpp
+++ b/userspace/falco/app/actions/load_config.cpp
@@ -25,20 +25,7 @@ static void apply_deprecated_options(
 		const falco::app::options& opts,
 		const std::shared_ptr<falco_configuration>& cfg)
 {
-	if (!opts.stats_output_file.empty() || !opts.stats_interval.empty())
-	{
-		falco_logger::log(LOG_WARNING, "Options '-s' and '--stats-interval' will be deprecated in the future, metrics must be configured through config file");
-		if (!opts.stats_output_file.empty())
-		{
-			cfg->m_metrics_enabled = true;
-			cfg->m_metrics_output_file = opts.stats_output_file;
-			if (!opts.stats_interval.empty())
-			{
-				cfg->m_metrics_interval_str = opts.stats_interval;
-				cfg->m_metrics_interval = falco::utils::parse_prometheus_interval(cfg->m_metrics_interval_str);
-			}
-		}
-	}
+	// Keep for future use cases.
 }
 
 falco::app::run_result falco::app::actions::load_config(falco::app::state& s)
diff --git a/userspace/falco/app/options.cpp b/userspace/falco/app/options.cpp
index 3b4c2b58..80d74e4a 100644
--- a/userspace/falco/app/options.cpp
+++ b/userspace/falco/app/options.cpp
@@ -219,8 +219,6 @@ void options::define(cxxopts::Options& opts)
 		("p,print",                       "Print (or replace) additional information in rule's output.\nUse -pc or -pcontainer to append container details.\nUse -pk or -pkubernetes to add both container and Kubernetes details.\nIf using gVisor, choose -pcg or -pkg variants (or -pcontainer-gvisor and -pkubernetes-gvisor, respectively).\nIf a rule's output contains %container.info, it will be replaced with the corresponding details. Otherwise, these details will be directly appended to the rule's output.\nAlternatively, use -p \"...\" for a custom format. In this case, the given content will be appended to the rule's output without any replacement.", cxxopts::value(print_additional), "<output_format>")
 		("P,pidfile",                     "When run as a daemon, write pid to specified file", cxxopts::value(pidfilename)->default_value("/var/run/falco.pid"), "<pid_file>")
 		("r",                             "Rules file/directory (defaults to value set in configuration file, or /etc/falco_rules.yaml). This option can be passed multiple times to read from multiple files/directories.", cxxopts::value<std::vector<std::string>>(), "<rules_file>")
-		("s",                             "If specified, append statistics related to Falco's reading/processing of events to this file (only useful in live mode).", cxxopts::value(stats_output_file), "<stats_file>")
-		("stats-interval",                "When using -s <stats_file>, write statistics every <msec> ms. This uses signals, and has a minimum threshold of 100 ms. Defaults to 5000 (5 seconds).", cxxopts::value(stats_interval),  "<msec>")
 		("S,snaplen",                     "Capture the first <len> bytes of each I/O buffer. By default, the first 80 bytes are captured. Use this option with caution, it can have a strong performance impact.", cxxopts::value(snaplen)->default_value("0"), "<len>")
 		("support",                       "Print support information including version, rules files used, etc. and exit.", cxxopts::value(print_support)->default_value("false"))
 		("T",                             "Disable any rules with a tag=<tag>. This option can be passed multiple times. Can not be mized with -t", cxxopts::value<std::vector<std::string>>(), "<tag>")