diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d4094f189d..5412238ce6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -136,7 +136,6 @@ ReDoc makes use of the following [vendor extensions](http://swagger.io/specifica
   * **function**: A getter function. Must return a number representing the offset (in pixels);
 * `suppress-warnings` - if set, warnings are not rendered at the top of documentation (they still are logged to the console).
 * `lazy-rendering` - if set, enables lazy rendering mode in ReDoc. This mode is useful for APIs with big number of operations (e.g. > 50). In this mode ReDoc shows initial screen ASAP and then renders the rest operations asynchronously while showing progress bar on the top. Check out the [demo](\\rebilly.github.io/ReDoc) for the example.
-* `hide-hostname` - if set, the protocol and hostname is not shown in the method definition.
 * `expand-responses` - specify which responses to expand by default by response codes. Values should be passed as comma-separated list without spaces e.g. `expand-responses="200,201"`. Special value `"all"` expands all responses by default. Be careful: this option can slow-down documentation rendering time.
 
 ## Advanced usage
diff --git a/lib/services/options.service.ts b/lib/services/options.service.ts
index 4da11b425a..d5bd5b27ed 100644
--- a/lib/services/options.service.ts
+++ b/lib/services/options.service.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ const OPTION_NAMES = new Set([
   'disableLazySchemas',
   'specUrl',
   'suppressWarnings',
-  'hideHostname',
   'lazyRendering',
   'expandResponses'
 ]);
@@ -23,7 +22,6 @@ interface Options {
   disableLazySchemas?: boolean;
   specUrl?: string;
   suppressWarnings?: boolean;
-  hideHostname?: boolean;
   lazyRendering?: boolean;
   expandResponses?: Set<string> | 'all';
   $scrollParent?: HTMLElement | Window;
@@ -89,7 +87,6 @@ export class OptionsService {
 
     if (isString(this._options.disableLazySchemas)) this._options.disableLazySchemas = true;
     if (isString(this._options.suppressWarnings)) this._options.suppressWarnings = true;
-    if (isString(this._options.hideHostname)) this._options.hideHostname = true;
     if (isString(this._options.lazyRendering)) this._options.lazyRendering = true;
     if (isString(this._options.expandResponses)) {
       let str = this._options.expandResponses as string;