diff --git a/doc/gnucash.1 b/doc/gnucash.1
index a3a9b1c4a5..05726488ea 100644
--- a/doc/gnucash.1
+++ b/doc/gnucash.1
@@ -31,14 +31,6 @@ MANUALLY!
 Enable debugging output.  This allows you to turn on the debugging
 earlier in the startup process than you can with 
 .B --debug.
-.IP GNC_RUN_AS_SHELL
-If set, makes 
-.B gnucash
-pop up in a guile shell with all the gnucash functions loaded.  See 
-the README for more details.
-.IP GNC_BOOTSTRAP_SCM
-Location of the initial bootstrapping scheme code.  Hopefully, you
-won't need to change this.
 .IP GNC_SCM_LOAD_PATH
 An override for the 
 .B gnucash