diff --git a/util/options.cc b/util/options.cc
index 7a31b799d..19d8a1c8d 100644
--- a/util/options.cc
+++ b/util/options.cc
@@ -108,17 +108,6 @@ option_parser_t::add_main_options ()
   g_option_context_add_main_entries (context, entries, nullptr);
 }
 
-static gboolean
-pre_parse (GOptionContext *context G_GNUC_UNUSED,
-	   GOptionGroup *group G_GNUC_UNUSED,
-	   gpointer data,
-	   GError **error)
-{
-  option_group_t *option_group = (option_group_t *) data;
-  option_group->pre_parse (error);
-  return !*error;
-}
-
 static gboolean
 post_parse (GOptionContext *context G_GNUC_UNUSED,
 	    GOptionGroup *group G_GNUC_UNUSED,
@@ -140,7 +129,7 @@ option_parser_t::add_group (GOptionEntry   *entries,
   GOptionGroup *group = g_option_group_new (name, description, help_description,
 					    static_cast<gpointer>(option_group), nullptr);
   g_option_group_add_entries (group, entries);
-  g_option_group_set_parse_hooks (group, pre_parse, post_parse);
+  g_option_group_set_parse_hooks (group, nullptr, post_parse);
   g_option_context_add_group (context, group);
 }
 
diff --git a/util/options.hh b/util/options.hh
index eab576cf6..1062eef20 100644
--- a/util/options.hh
+++ b/util/options.hh
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ struct option_group_t
 {
   virtual ~option_group_t () {}
 
-  virtual void pre_parse (GError **error G_GNUC_UNUSED) {}
   virtual void post_parse (GError **error G_GNUC_UNUSED) {}
 };