diff --git a/docs-xml/manpages/rpcclient.1.xml b/docs-xml/manpages/rpcclient.1.xml
index 2ce1443c7bf..fcdd0c668d5 100644
--- a/docs-xml/manpages/rpcclient.1.xml
+++ b/docs-xml/manpages/rpcclient.1.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 		<arg choice="opt">-c &lt;command string&gt;</arg>
 		<arg choice="opt">-d debuglevel</arg>
 		<arg choice="opt">-l logdir</arg>
-		<arg choice="opt">-m maxprotocol</arg>
 		<arg choice="opt">-N</arg>
 		<arg choice="opt">-s &lt;smb config file&gt;</arg>
 		<arg choice="opt">-U username[%password]</arg>
@@ -86,19 +85,6 @@
 		above. </para></listitem>
 		</varlistentry>
 
-		<varlistentry>
-		<term>-m|--max-protocol protocol</term>
-		<listitem><para>This allows the user to select the
-		highest SMB protocol level that rpcclient will use to
-		connect to the server. By default this is set to
-		NT1, which is the highest available SMB1 protocol.
-		To connect using SMB2 or SMB3 protocol, use the
-		strings SMB2 or SMB3 respectively. Note that to connect
-		to a Windows 2012 server with encrypted transport selecting
-		a max-protocol of SMB3 is required.
-		</para></listitem>
-		</varlistentry>
-
 		<varlistentry>
 		<term>-p|--port port</term>
 		<listitem><para>This number is the TCP port number that will be used
diff --git a/source3/rpcclient/rpcclient.c b/source3/rpcclient/rpcclient.c
index 44d691bd614..efca9530cf2 100644
--- a/source3/rpcclient/rpcclient.c
+++ b/source3/rpcclient/rpcclient.c
@@ -913,7 +913,6 @@ out_free:
 		{"command",	'c', POPT_ARG_STRING,	&cmdstr, 'c', "Execute semicolon separated cmds", "COMMANDS"},
 		{"dest-ip", 'I', POPT_ARG_STRING,   &opt_ipaddr, 'I', "Specify destination IP address", "IP"},
 		{"port", 'p', POPT_ARG_INT,   &opt_port, 'p', "Specify port number", "PORT"},
-		{"max-protocol", 'm', POPT_ARG_STRING, NULL, 'm', "Set the max protocol level", "LEVEL" },
 		POPT_COMMON_SAMBA
 		POPT_COMMON_CONNECTION
 		POPT_COMMON_CREDENTIALS
@@ -950,10 +949,6 @@ out_free:
 	while((opt = poptGetNextOpt(pc)) != -1) {
 		switch (opt) {
 
-		case 'm':
-			lp_set_cmdline("client max protocol", poptGetOptArg(pc));
-			break;
-
 		case 'I':
 			if (!interpret_string_addr(&server_ss,
 						opt_ipaddr,