diff --git a/agent/gpg-agent.c b/agent/gpg-agent.c
index e721d8a00..8c71e0d41 100644
--- a/agent/gpg-agent.c
+++ b/agent/gpg-agent.c
@@ -908,8 +908,10 @@ main (int argc, char **argv )
         case oXauthority: default_xauthority = xstrdup (pargs.r.ret_str);
           break;
 
-        case oUseStandardSocket:   /* dummy */ break;
-        case oNoUseStandardSocket: /* dummy */ break;
+        case oUseStandardSocket:
+        case oNoUseStandardSocket:
+          obsolete_option (configname, configlineno, "use-standard-socket");
+          break;
 
         case oFakedSystemTime:
           {
@@ -945,7 +947,9 @@ main (int argc, char **argv )
           /* Only used by the first stage command line parser.  */
           break;
 
-        case oWriteEnvFile: /* dummy */ break;
+        case oWriteEnvFile:
+          obsolete_option (configname, configlineno, "write-env-file");
+          break;
 
         default : pargs.err = configfp? 1:2; break;
 	}
diff --git a/common/miscellaneous.c b/common/miscellaneous.c
index a0dae8fb1..8e71071f0 100644
--- a/common/miscellaneous.c
+++ b/common/miscellaneous.c
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ setup_libgcrypt_logging (void)
   gcry_set_outofcore_handler (my_gcry_outofcore_handler, NULL);
 }
 
+
 /* A wrapper around gcry_cipher_algo_name to return the string
    "AES-128" instead of "AES".  Given that we have an alias in
    libgcrypt for it, it does not harm to too much to return this other
@@ -122,6 +123,19 @@ gnupg_cipher_algo_name (int algo)
 }
 
 
+void
+obsolete_option (const char *configname, unsigned int configlineno,
+                 const char *name)
+{
+  if (configname)
+    log_info (_("%s:%u: obsolete option \"%s\" - it has no effect\n"),
+              configname, configlineno, name);
+  else
+    log_info (_("WARNING: \"%s%s\" is an obsolete option - it has no effect\n"),
+              "--", name);
+}
+
+
 /* Decide whether the filename is stdout or a real filename and return
  * an appropriate string.  */
 const char *
diff --git a/common/util.h b/common/util.h
index 0e585df54..82e9887d6 100644
--- a/common/util.h
+++ b/common/util.h
@@ -370,6 +370,9 @@ char *xtryasprintf (const char *fmt, ...) GPGRT_GCC_A_PRINTF(1,2);
 /* Replacement for gcry_cipher_algo_name.  */
 const char *gnupg_cipher_algo_name (int algo);
 
+void obsolete_option (const char *configname, unsigned int configlineno,
+                      const char *name);
+
 const char *print_fname_stdout (const char *s);
 const char *print_fname_stdin (const char *s);
 void print_utf8_buffer3 (estream_t fp, const void *p, size_t n,
diff --git a/g10/main.h b/g10/main.h
index 9370ae591..f4bf17f00 100644
--- a/g10/main.h
+++ b/g10/main.h
@@ -134,8 +134,6 @@ char *pct_expando(const char *string,struct expando_args *args);
 void deprecated_warning(const char *configname,unsigned int configlineno,
 			const char *option,const char *repl1,const char *repl2);
 void deprecated_command (const char *name);
-void obsolete_option (const char *configname, unsigned int configlineno,
-                      const char *name);
 void obsolete_scdaemon_option (const char *configname,
                                unsigned int configlineno, const char *name);
 
diff --git a/g10/misc.c b/g10/misc.c
index 654908d37..9134b2823 100644
--- a/g10/misc.c
+++ b/g10/misc.c
@@ -1012,19 +1012,6 @@ deprecated_command (const char *name)
 }
 
 
-void
-obsolete_option (const char *configname, unsigned int configlineno,
-                 const char *name)
-{
-  if(configname)
-    log_info (_("%s:%u: obsolete option \"%s\" - it has no effect\n"),
-              configname, configlineno, name);
-  else
-    log_info (_("WARNING: \"%s%s\" is an obsolete option - it has no effect\n"),
-              "--", name);
-}
-
-
 void
 obsolete_scdaemon_option (const char *configname, unsigned int configlineno,
                           const char *name)