diff --git a/doc/upgrading.txt b/doc/upgrading.txt
index 9492454f..4741ff2b 100644
--- a/doc/upgrading.txt
+++ b/doc/upgrading.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 Upgrading
 =========
 
+Migrating from 7.3 to 7.4
+-------------------------
+The deprecated options --interactive, --priority and --allow-root
+have been removed from the commandline client.
+
 Migrating from 7.0 to 7.1
 -------------------------
 The FastCGI module lc.fcgi has been removed.
diff --git a/linkchecker b/linkchecker
index fd90bb1e..d5f79efb 100755
--- a/linkchecker
+++ b/linkchecker
@@ -327,24 +327,13 @@ group.add_option("-f", "--config", type="string", dest="configfile",
 """Use FILENAME as configuration file. Per default LinkChecker first
 searches /etc/linkchecker/linkcheckerrc and then ~/.linkchecker/linkcheckerrc
 (under Windows <path-to-program>\\linkcheckerrc)."""))
-# XXX deprecated
-group.add_option("-I", "--interactive", action="store_true",
-                 dest="interactive",
-                 help=_("""This option is deprecated and does nothing."""))
 group.add_option("-t", "--threads", type="int", dest="threads",
                  metavar="NUMBER",
                  help=_(
 """Generate no more than the given number of threads. Default number
 of threads is 10. To disable threading specify a non-positive number."""))
-# XXX deprecated
-group.add_option("--priority", action="store_true", dest="priority",
-                 help=_("""This option is deprecated and does nothing."""))
 group.add_option("-V", "--version", action="store_true", dest="version",
                  help=_("""Print version and exit."""))
-# XXX deprecated
-group.add_option("--allow-root", action="store_true", dest="allowroot",
-                 default=False,
-                 help=_("""This option is deprecated and does nothing."""))
 group.add_option("--stdin", action="store_true", dest="stdin",
                  help=_(
 """Read list of white-space separated URLs to check from stdin."""))