diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0e7b11d..6f84f5c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -202,7 +202,6 @@ The supported options are:
 - NoColor # Do not colorize output.
 - NoVersion # Do not show versions changes for packages when listing pending updates (including when using the `-l/--list` option).
 - AlwaysShowNews # Always display Arch news before updating, regardless of whether there's a new one since the last run or not.
-- CheckDevelopmentPackages # Also check/update AUR development packages.
 - NewsNum=[Num] # Number of Arch news to display before updating and with the `-n/--news` option (see the arch-update(1) man page for more details). Defaults to 5.
 - KeepOldPackages=[Num] # Number of old packages' versions to keep in pacman's cache. Defaults to 3.
 - KeepUninstalledPackages=[Num] # Number of uninstalled packages' versions to keep in pacman's cache. Defaults to 0.
diff --git a/src/script/arch-update.sh b/src/script/arch-update.sh
index 48ee37b..ca508a6 100755
--- a/src/script/arch-update.sh
+++ b/src/script/arch-update.sh
@@ -33,10 +33,6 @@ if grep -Eq '^[[:space:]]*AlwaysShowNews[[:space:]]*$' "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-${HOM
 	show_news="y"
 fi
 
-if (grep -Eq '^[[:space:]]*CheckDevelopmentPackages[[:space:]]*$' "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-${HOME}/.config}/${name}/${name}.conf" 2> /dev/null); then
-	development_option="y"
-fi
-
 if grep -Eq '^[[:space:]]*NewsNum[[:space:]]*=[[:space:]]*[1-9][0-9]*[[:space:]]*$' "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-${HOME}/.config}/${name}/${name}.conf" 2> /dev/null; then
 	news_num=$(grep -E '^[[:space:]]*NewsNum[[:space:]]*=[[:space:]]*[1-9][0-9]*[[:space:]]*$' "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-${HOME}/.config}/${name}/${name}.conf" 2> /dev/null | awk -F '=' '{print $2}' | tr -d '[:space:]')
 else