diff --git a/doc/gpg.texi b/doc/gpg.texi
index 9754c1703..a12b5afee 100644
--- a/doc/gpg.texi
+++ b/doc/gpg.texi
@@ -3382,16 +3382,7 @@ This is an obsolete option and is not used anywhere.
 
 @item --allow-multiple-messages
 @item --no-allow-multiple-messages
-@opindex allow-multiple-messages
-Allow processing of multiple OpenPGP messages contained in a single file
-or stream.  Some programs that call GPG are not prepared to deal with
-multiple messages being processed together, so this option defaults to
-no.  Note that versions of GPG prior to 1.4.7 always allowed multiple
-messages.
-
-Warning: Do not use this option unless you need it as a temporary
-workaround!
-
+These are obsolete options; they have no more effect since GnuPG 2.2.8.
 
 @item --enable-special-filenames
 @opindex enable-special-filenames
diff --git a/g10/gpg.c b/g10/gpg.c
index af56f1256..70bdddfda 100644
--- a/g10/gpg.c
+++ b/g10/gpg.c
@@ -401,13 +401,10 @@ enum cmd_and_opt_values
     oNoRequireCrossCert,
     oAutoKeyLocate,
     oNoAutoKeyLocate,
-    oAllowMultisigVerification,
     oEnableLargeRSA,
     oDisableLargeRSA,
     oEnableDSA2,
     oDisableDSA2,
-    oAllowMultipleMessages,
-    oNoAllowMultipleMessages,
     oAllowWeakDigestAlgos,
     oFakedSystemTime,
     oNoAutostart,
@@ -863,14 +860,10 @@ static ARGPARSE_OPTS opts[] = {
   ARGPARSE_s_n (oExitOnStatusWriteError, "exit-on-status-write-error", "@"),
   ARGPARSE_s_i (oLimitCardInsertTries, "limit-card-insert-tries", "@"),
 
-  ARGPARSE_s_n (oAllowMultisigVerification,
-                "allow-multisig-verification", "@"),
   ARGPARSE_s_n (oEnableLargeRSA, "enable-large-rsa", "@"),
   ARGPARSE_s_n (oDisableLargeRSA, "disable-large-rsa", "@"),
   ARGPARSE_s_n (oEnableDSA2, "enable-dsa2", "@"),
   ARGPARSE_s_n (oDisableDSA2, "disable-dsa2", "@"),
-  ARGPARSE_s_n (oAllowMultipleMessages,      "allow-multiple-messages", "@"),
-  ARGPARSE_s_n (oNoAllowMultipleMessages, "no-allow-multiple-messages", "@"),
   ARGPARSE_s_n (oAllowWeakDigestAlgos, "allow-weak-digest-algos", "@"),
 
   ARGPARSE_s_s (oDefaultNewKeyAlgo, "default-new-key-algo", "@"),
@@ -918,7 +911,9 @@ static ARGPARSE_OPTS opts[] = {
   ARGPARSE_s_n (oNoop, "no-force-mdc", "@"),
   ARGPARSE_s_n (oNoop, "disable-mdc", "@"),
   ARGPARSE_s_n (oNoop, "no-disable-mdc", "@"),
-
+  ARGPARSE_s_n (oNoop, "allow-multisig-verification", "@"),
+  ARGPARSE_s_n (oNoop, "allow-multiple-messages", "@"),
+  ARGPARSE_s_n (oNoop, "no-allow-multiple-messages", "@"),
 
   ARGPARSE_end ()
 };
@@ -3578,15 +3573,6 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
 	  case oEnableDSA2: opt.flags.dsa2=1; break;
 	  case oDisableDSA2: opt.flags.dsa2=0; break;
 
-          case oAllowMultisigVerification:
-	  case oAllowMultipleMessages:
-	    opt.flags.allow_multiple_messages=1;
-	    break;
-
-	  case oNoAllowMultipleMessages:
-	    opt.flags.allow_multiple_messages=0;
-	    break;
-
           case oAllowWeakDigestAlgos:
             opt.flags.allow_weak_digest_algos = 1;
             break;
diff --git a/g10/mainproc.c b/g10/mainproc.c
index 0341589b5..0303a527d 100644
--- a/g10/mainproc.c
+++ b/g10/mainproc.c
@@ -899,12 +899,9 @@ proc_plaintext( CTX c, PACKET *pkt )
     {
       log_info (_("WARNING: multiple plaintexts seen\n"));
 
-      if (!opt.flags.allow_multiple_messages)
-        {
-          write_status_text (STATUS_ERROR, "proc_pkt.plaintext 89_BAD_DATA");
-          log_inc_errorcount ();
-          rc = gpg_error (GPG_ERR_UNEXPECTED);
-        }
+      write_status_text (STATUS_ERROR, "proc_pkt.plaintext 89_BAD_DATA");
+      log_inc_errorcount ();
+      rc = gpg_error (GPG_ERR_UNEXPECTED);
     }
 
   if (!rc)
@@ -1871,14 +1868,12 @@ check_sig_and_print (CTX c, kbnode_t node)
           goto ambiguous;
 
 	/* If we wanted to disallow multiple sig verification, we'd do
-	   something like this:
-
-	   if (n && !opt.allow_multisig_verification)
-             goto ambiguous;
-
-	   However, now that we have --allow-multiple-messages, this
-	   can stay allowable as we can't get here unless multiple
-	   messages (i.e. multiple literals) are allowed. */
+	 * something like this:
+         *
+	 * if (n)
+         *   goto ambiguous;
+         *
+         * However, this can stay allowable as we can't get here.  */
 
         if (n_onepass != n_sig)
           {
diff --git a/g10/options.h b/g10/options.h
index 3754687ae..7defbda76 100644
--- a/g10/options.h
+++ b/g10/options.h
@@ -244,7 +244,6 @@ struct
     unsigned int use_embedded_filename:1;
     unsigned int utf8_filename:1;
     unsigned int dsa2:1;
-    unsigned int allow_multiple_messages:1;
     unsigned int allow_weak_digest_algos:1;
     unsigned int large_rsa:1;
     unsigned int disable_signer_uid:1;
diff --git a/tests/openpgp/verify.scm b/tests/openpgp/verify.scm
index b4dd49b76..afa6b6a21 100755
--- a/tests/openpgp/verify.scm
+++ b/tests/openpgp/verify.scm
@@ -51,16 +51,12 @@
  '(msg_ols_asc msg_cols_asc msg_sl_asc msg_oolss_asc msg_cls_asc msg_clss_asc))
 
 (for-each-p
- "Checking that a valid signature over multiple messages is verified as such"
+ "Checking that a valid signature over multiple messages is rejected"
  (lambda (armored-file)
-   (pipe:do
-    (pipe:echo (eval armored-file (current-environment)))
-    (pipe:spawn `(,@GPG --verify --allow-multiple-messages)))
    (catch '()
-	  (pipe:do
-	   (pipe:defer (lambda (sink)
-			 (display armored-file (fdopen sink "w"))))
-	   (pipe:spawn `(,@GPG --verify)))
+          (pipe:do
+           (pipe:echo (eval armored-file (current-environment)))
+           (pipe:spawn `(,@GPG --verify)))
 	  (fail "verification succeeded but should not")))
  '(msg_olsols_asc_multiple msg_clsclss_asc_multiple))