diff --git a/man/syslogd.8 b/man/syslogd.8
index 8f1e572..37b6a25 100644
--- a/man/syslogd.8
+++ b/man/syslogd.8
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 .Nd System Log Daemon
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Nm
-.Op Fl ?46Adhnsv
+.Op Fl ?46Adnsv
 .Op Fl b Ar addr[:port]
 .Op Fl b Ar :port
 .Op Fl f Ar file
@@ -117,12 +117,6 @@ section for more information.
 .It Fl f Ar file
 Specify an alternative configuration file instead of the default
 .Pa /etc/syslog.conf .
-.It Fl h
-By default syslogd will not forward messages it receives from remote
-hosts.  Specifying this switch on the command line will cause the log
-daemon to forward any remote messages it receives to forwarding hosts
-which have been defined.  This can cause syslog loops that fill up hard
-disks quite fast and thus needs to be used with caution.
 .It Fl m Ar seconds
 .Nm
 logs a mark timestamp regularly.  The default interval between two
@@ -346,16 +340,6 @@ will retry resolving the name ten times before logging the error.
 Another possibility to avoid this is to place the hostname in
 .Pa /etc/hosts .
 .Pp
-To avoid syslog-loops (messages that were received from a remote host
-are sent back to the same host, or more complicated to a third host that
-sends it back to the first one, and so on),
-.Nm
-by default does not forward remote messages to another remote server.
-If this for some reason is required, use the
-.Fl h
-option on the command line.  However, this option needs to be handled
-with caution since a syslog loop can fill up hard disks quite fast.
-.Pp
 If the remote host is located in the same domain as the host,
 .Nm
 is running on, only the simple hostname will be logged instead of the
diff --git a/src/syslogd.c b/src/syslogd.c
index 3e95e2f..38e820a 100644
--- a/src/syslogd.c
+++ b/src/syslogd.c
@@ -136,7 +136,6 @@ static int	  KeepKernFac;		  /* Keep remotely logged kernel facility */
 
 static int	  LastAlarm = 0;	  /* last value passed to alarm() (seconds)  */
 static int	  DupesPending = 0;	  /* Number of unflushed duplicate messages */
-static int	  NoHops = 1;		  /* Can we bounce syslog messages through an intermediate host. */
 static off_t	  RotateSz = 0;		  /* Max file size (bytes) before rotating, disabled by default */
 static int	  RotateCnt = 5;	  /* Max number (count) of log files to keep, set with -c <NUM> */
 
@@ -194,8 +193,8 @@ static int addpeer(struct peer *pe0)
 int usage(int code)
 {
 	printf("Usage:\n"
-	       "  syslogd [-46Adnrsvh?] [-b :PORT] [-b ADDR[:PORT]] [-f FILE] [-m SEC]\n"
-	       "                        [-P PID_FILE] [-p SOCK_PATH] [-R SIZE[:NUM]]\n"
+	       "  syslogd [-46Adnrsv?] [-b :PORT] [-b ADDR[:PORT]] [-f FILE] [-m SEC]\n"
+	       "                       [-P PID_FILE] [-p SOCK_PATH] [-R SIZE[:NUM]]\n"
 	       "\n"
 	       "Options:\n"
 	       "  -4        Force IPv4 only\n"
@@ -206,7 +205,6 @@ int usage(int code)
 	       "            as a hostname ath the port as as ervice name, default syslog/514\n"
 	       "  -d        Enable debug mode\n"
 	       "  -f FILE   Alternate .conf file, default: /etc/syslog.conf\n"
-	       "  -h        Forward messages from other hosts also to remote syslog host(s)\n"
 	       "  -m SEC    Interval between MARK messages in log, 0 to disable, default: 20 min\n"
 	       "  -n        Run in foreground, required when run from a modern init/supervisor\n"
 	       "  -P FILE   File in which to store the process ID, default: %s\n"
@@ -247,7 +245,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	KeepKernFac = 1;
 #endif
 
-	while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "46Ab:dhHf:m:nP:p:r:sv?")) != EOF) {
+	while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "46Ab:dHf:m:nP:p:r:sv?")) != EOF) {
 		switch ((char)ch) {
 		case '4':
 			family = PF_INET;
@@ -284,10 +282,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			RemoteHostname = 1;
 			break;
 
-		case 'h':
-			NoHops = 0;
-			break;
-
 		case 'm': /* mark interval */
 			MarkInterval = atoi(optarg) * 60;
 			break;