diff --git a/ncal.1 b/ncal.1
index 3871c49..ad03ee8 100644
--- a/ncal.1
+++ b/ncal.1
@@ -96,8 +96,6 @@ the current month is displayed.
 .Pp
 The options are as follows:
 .Bl -tag -width indent
-.It Fl h
-Turns off highlighting of today.
 .It Fl J
 Display Julian Calendar, if combined with the
 .Fl o
diff --git a/ncal.c b/ncal.c
index 8ecbb33..6d394b4 100644
--- a/ncal.c
+++ b/ncal.c
@@ -161,7 +161,6 @@ static char jdaystr[] = "       1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9"
 			" 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359"
 			" 360 361 362 363 364 365 366";
 
-static int flag_nohighlight;	/* user doesn't want a highlighted today */
 static int flag_weeks;		/* user wants number of week */
 static int nswitch;		/* user defined switch date */
 static int nswitchb;		/* switch date for backward compatibility */
@@ -221,7 +220,6 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	int	before, after;
 	const char    *locale;		/* locale to get country code */
 
-	flag_nohighlight = 0;
 	flag_weeks = 0;
 
 	/*
@@ -311,13 +309,6 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 				no_backward = 1;
 			flag_highlightdate = optarg;
 			break;
-		case 'h':
-			if (flag_backward)
-				usage();
-			else
-				no_backward = 1;
-			flag_nohighlight = 1;
-			break;
 		case 'e':
 			if (flag_backward)
 				usage();
@@ -922,7 +913,7 @@ mkmonthr(int y, int m, int jd_flag, struct monthlines *mlines)
 					dt.d = j - jan1 + 1;
 				else
 					sdater(j, &dt);
-				if (j == highlightdate && !flag_nohighlight
+				if (j == highlightdate
 				 && isatty(STDOUT_FILENO))
 					highlight(mlines->lines[i] + k,
 					    ds + dt.d * dw, dw, &l);
@@ -1033,7 +1024,7 @@ mkmonthb(int y, int m, int jd_flag, struct monthlines *mlines)
 					dt.d = j - jan1 + 1;
 				else
 					sdateb(j, &dt);
-				if (j == highlightdate && !flag_nohighlight)
+				if (j == highlightdate)
 					highlight(mlines->lines[i] + k + l,
 					    ds + dt.d * dw, dw, &l);
 				else
@@ -1239,15 +1230,6 @@ highlight(char *dst, char *src, int len, int *extralen)
 		first = 0;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * This check is not necessary, should have been handled before calling
-	 * this function.
-	 */
-	if (flag_nohighlight) {
-		memcpy(dst, src, len);
-		return;
-	}
-
 	/*
 	 * If it is a real terminal, use the data from the termcap database.
 	 */