diff --git a/lib/parse.js b/lib/parse.js
index 91385166..5b69cbd3 100644
--- a/lib/parse.js
+++ b/lib/parse.js
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ var has = Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty;
 var isArray = Array.isArray;
 
 var defaults = {
-    allowEmptyArrays: false,
     allowDots: false,
     allowEmptyArrays: false,
     allowPrototypes: false,
@@ -223,7 +222,6 @@ var normalizeParseOptions = function normalizeParseOptions(opts) {
     var charset = typeof opts.charset === 'undefined' ? defaults.charset : opts.charset;
 
     return {
-        allowEmptyArrays: typeof opts.allowEmptyArrays === 'boolean' ? opts.allowEmptyArrays : defaults.allowEmptyArrays,
         allowDots: typeof opts.allowDots === 'undefined' ? defaults.allowDots : !!opts.allowDots,
         allowEmptyArrays: typeof opts.allowEmptyArrays === 'boolean' ? !!opts.allowEmptyArrays : defaults.allowEmptyArrays,
         allowPrototypes: typeof opts.allowPrototypes === 'boolean' ? opts.allowPrototypes : defaults.allowPrototypes,
diff --git a/lib/stringify.js b/lib/stringify.js
index b7f464f1..fa158cad 100644
--- a/lib/stringify.js
+++ b/lib/stringify.js
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ var toISO = Date.prototype.toISOString;
 
 var defaultFormat = formats['default'];
 var defaults = {
-    allowEmptyArrays: false,
     addQueryPrefix: false,
     allowDots: false,
     allowEmptyArrays: false,
@@ -240,7 +239,6 @@ var normalizeStringifyOptions = function normalizeStringifyOptions(opts) {
     }
 
     return {
-        allowEmptyArrays: typeof opts.allowEmptyArrays === 'boolean' ? opts.allowEmptyArrays : defaults.allowEmptyArrays,
         addQueryPrefix: typeof opts.addQueryPrefix === 'boolean' ? opts.addQueryPrefix : defaults.addQueryPrefix,
         allowDots: typeof opts.allowDots === 'undefined' ? defaults.allowDots : !!opts.allowDots,
         allowEmptyArrays: typeof opts.allowEmptyArrays === 'boolean' ? !!opts.allowEmptyArrays : defaults.allowEmptyArrays,