diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bed08cfc8db..e2b120a7891 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ Changes by Version
 
 * Remove deprecated flags `--health-check-http-port` & `--admin-http-port`, please use `--admin.http.host-port` ([#2752](https://github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger/pull/2752), [@pradeepnnv](https://github.com/pradeepnnv))
 
+* Remove deprecated flag `--es.max-num-spans`, please use `--es.max-doc-count` ([#2482](https://github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger/pull/2482),[@BernardTolosajr](https://github.com/BernardTolosajr))
+
 #### New Features
 
 * Add TLS Support for GRPC and HTTP endpoints of the Query server ([#2337](https://github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger/pull/2337), [@rjs211](https://github.com/rjs211))
diff --git a/plugin/storage/es/options.go b/plugin/storage/es/options.go
index a18f3d0e4d4..dd6ae6ba8e0 100644
--- a/plugin/storage/es/options.go
+++ b/plugin/storage/es/options.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ package es
 import (
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
-	"math"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -37,7 +36,6 @@ const (
 	suffixTokenPath           = ".token-file"
 	suffixServerURLs          = ".server-urls"
 	suffixMaxSpanAge          = ".max-span-age"
-	suffixMaxNumSpans         = ".max-num-spans" // deprecated
 	suffixNumShards           = ".num-shards"
 	suffixNumReplicas         = ".num-replicas"
 	suffixBulkSize            = ".bulk.size"
@@ -180,12 +178,6 @@ func addFlags(flagSet *flag.FlagSet, nsConfig *namespaceConfig) {
 		nsConfig.namespace+suffixMaxSpanAge,
 		nsConfig.MaxSpanAge,
 		"The maximum lookback for spans in Elasticsearch")
-	flagSet.Int(
-		nsConfig.namespace+suffixMaxNumSpans,
-		nsConfig.MaxDocCount,
-		"(deprecated, will be removed in release v1.21.0. Please use "+nsConfig.namespace+".max-doc-count). "+
-			"The maximum number of spans to fetch at a time per query in Elasticsearch. "+
-			"The lesser of "+nsConfig.namespace+".max-num-spans and "+nsConfig.namespace+".max-doc-count will be used if both are set.")
 	flagSet.Int64(
 		nsConfig.namespace+suffixNumShards,
 		nsConfig.NumShards,
@@ -301,11 +293,6 @@ func initFromViper(cfg *namespaceConfig, v *viper.Viper) {
 
 	cfg.MaxDocCount = v.GetInt(cfg.namespace + suffixMaxDocCount)
 
-	if v.IsSet(cfg.namespace + suffixMaxNumSpans) {
-		maxNumSpans := v.GetInt(cfg.namespace + suffixMaxNumSpans)
-		cfg.MaxDocCount = int(math.Min(float64(maxNumSpans), float64(cfg.MaxDocCount)))
-	}
-
 	// TODO: Need to figure out a better way for do this.
 	cfg.AllowTokenFromContext = v.GetBool(spanstore.StoragePropagationKey)
 	cfg.TLS = cfg.getTLSFlagsConfig().InitFromViper(v)
diff --git a/plugin/storage/es/options_test.go b/plugin/storage/es/options_test.go
index 73bb1476e93..3c59d7ccdd8 100644
--- a/plugin/storage/es/options_test.go
+++ b/plugin/storage/es/options_test.go
@@ -100,33 +100,6 @@ func TestOptionsWithFlags(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, "2006.01.02", aux.IndexDateLayout)
 }
 
-func TestMaxNumSpansUsage(t *testing.T) {
-	testCases := []struct {
-		namespace string
-		wantUsage string
-	}{
-		{
-			namespace: "es",
-			wantUsage: "(deprecated, will be removed in release v1.21.0. Please use es.max-doc-count). " +
-				"The maximum number of spans to fetch at a time per query in Elasticsearch. " +
-				"The lesser of es.max-num-spans and es.max-doc-count will be used if both are set.",
-		},
-		{
-			namespace: "es-archive",
-			wantUsage: "(deprecated, will be removed in release v1.21.0. Please use es-archive.max-doc-count). " +
-				"The maximum number of spans to fetch at a time per query in Elasticsearch. " +
-				"The lesser of es-archive.max-num-spans and es-archive.max-doc-count will be used if both are set.",
-		},
-	}
-	for _, tc := range testCases {
-		t.Run(tc.namespace, func(t *testing.T) {
-			opts := NewOptions(tc.namespace)
-			_, command := config.Viperize(opts.AddFlags)
-			assert.Equal(t, tc.wantUsage, command.Flag(tc.namespace+".max-num-spans").Usage)
-		})
-	}
-}
-
 func TestMaxDocCount(t *testing.T) {
 	testCases := []struct {
 		name            string
@@ -134,11 +107,7 @@ func TestMaxDocCount(t *testing.T) {
 		wantMaxDocCount int
 	}{
 		{"neither defined", []string{}, 10_000},
-		{"max-num-spans only", []string{"--es.max-num-spans=1000"}, 1000},
 		{"max-doc-count only", []string{"--es.max-doc-count=1000"}, 1000},
-		{"max-num-spans == max-doc-count", []string{"--es.max-num-spans=1000", "--es.max-doc-count=1000"}, 1000},
-		{"max-num-spans < max-doc-count", []string{"--es.max-num-spans=999", "--es.max-doc-count=1000"}, 999},
-		{"max-num-spans > max-doc-count", []string{"--es.max-num-spans=1000", "--es.max-doc-count=999"}, 999},
 	}
 	for _, tc := range testCases {
 		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {