diff --git a/cmd/restic/cmd_mount.go b/cmd/restic/cmd_mount.go
index 54fee61be..86a84ff75 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/cmd_mount.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/cmd_mount.go
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ Exit status is 0 if the command was successful, and non-zero if there was any er
 // MountOptions collects all options for the mount command.
 type MountOptions struct {
 	OwnerRoot            bool
-	AllowRoot            bool
 	AllowOther           bool
 	NoDefaultPermissions bool
 	Hosts                []string
@@ -75,7 +74,6 @@ func init() {
 
 	mountFlags := cmdMount.Flags()
 	mountFlags.BoolVar(&mountOptions.OwnerRoot, "owner-root", false, "use 'root' as the owner of files and dirs")
-	mountFlags.BoolVar(&mountOptions.AllowRoot, "allow-root", false, "allow root user to access the data in the mounted directory")
 	mountFlags.BoolVar(&mountOptions.AllowOther, "allow-other", false, "allow other users to access the data in the mounted directory")
 	mountFlags.BoolVar(&mountOptions.NoDefaultPermissions, "no-default-permissions", false, "for 'allow-other', ignore Unix permissions and allow users to read all snapshot files")
 
@@ -119,10 +117,6 @@ func mount(opts MountOptions, gopts GlobalOptions, mountpoint string) error {
 		systemFuse.FSName("restic"),
 	}
 
-	if opts.AllowRoot {
-		mountOptions = append(mountOptions, systemFuse.AllowRoot())
-	}
-
 	if opts.AllowOther {
 		mountOptions = append(mountOptions, systemFuse.AllowOther())
 
diff --git a/doc/bash-completion.sh b/doc/bash-completion.sh
index 9fccd85f9..7e0074c3b 100644
--- a/doc/bash-completion.sh
+++ b/doc/bash-completion.sh
@@ -1026,8 +1026,6 @@ _restic_mount()
 
     flags+=("--allow-other")
     local_nonpersistent_flags+=("--allow-other")
-    flags+=("--allow-root")
-    local_nonpersistent_flags+=("--allow-root")
     flags+=("--help")
     flags+=("-h")
     local_nonpersistent_flags+=("--help")
diff --git a/doc/man/restic-mount.1 b/doc/man/restic-mount.1
index 58e3bc7b3..2c307fcf0 100644
--- a/doc/man/restic-mount.1
+++ b/doc/man/restic-mount.1
@@ -56,10 +56,6 @@ For details please see the documentation for time.Format() at:
 \fB\-\-allow\-other\fP[=false]
     allow other users to access the data in the mounted directory
 
-.PP
-\fB\-\-allow\-root\fP[=false]
-    allow root user to access the data in the mounted directory
-
 .PP
 \fB\-h\fP, \fB\-\-help\fP[=false]
     help for mount