diff --git a/libfuse-lite/fusermount.c b/libfuse-lite/fusermount.c
index 0a36f1c9..21f02255 100644
--- a/libfuse-lite/fusermount.c
+++ b/libfuse-lite/fusermount.c
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
 
 static const char *progname = "ntfs-3g-mount";
 
-static int user_allow_other = 0;
 static int mount_max = 1000;
 
 int drop_privs(void);
@@ -195,9 +194,7 @@ static void strip_line(char *line)
 static void parse_line(char *line, int linenum)
 {
     int tmp;
-    if (strcmp(line, "user_allow_other") == 0)
-        user_allow_other = 1;
-    else if (sscanf(line, "mount_max = %i", &tmp) == 1)
+    if (sscanf(line, "mount_max = %i", &tmp) == 1)
         mount_max = tmp;
     else if(line[0])
         fprintf(stderr, "%s: unknown parameter in %s at line %i: '%s'\n",
@@ -412,13 +409,6 @@ static int do_mount(const char *mnt, char **typep, mode_t rootmode,
                     skip_option = 1;
                 }
             }
-            if (getuid() != 0 && !user_allow_other &&
-                (opt_eq(s, len, "allow_other") ||
-                 opt_eq(s, len, "allow_root"))) {
-                fprintf(stderr, "%s: option %.*s only allowed if 'user_allow_other'"
-			" is set in /etc/fuse.conf\n", progname, len, s);
-                goto err;
-            }
             if (!skip_option) {
                 if (find_mount_flag(s, len, &on, &flag)) {
                     if (on)
diff --git a/src/ntfs-3g.8.in b/src/ntfs-3g.8.in
index 9e86541d..8ccfe455 100644
--- a/src/ntfs-3g.8.in
+++ b/src/ntfs-3g.8.in
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 .\" Copyright (c) 2006-2008 Szabolcs Szakacsits.
 .\" This file may be copied under the terms of the GNU Public License.
 .\"
-.TH NTFS-3G 8 "February 2008" "ntfs-3g @VERSION@"
+.TH NTFS-3G 8 "April 2008" "ntfs-3g @VERSION@"
 .SH NAME
 ntfs-3g \- Third Generation Read/Write NTFS Driver
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -46,10 +46,7 @@ Windows users have full access to the files created by
 If 
 .B ntfs-3g 
 is set setuid-root then non-root users will 
-be also able to mount volumes and via /etc/fstab if the 'user'
-or 'users' 
-.BR mount (8)
-option is specified. 
+be also able to mount volumes.
 .SS Windows Filename Compatibility
 NTFS supports several filename namespaces: DOS, Win32 and POSIX. While the
 \fBntfs-3g\fR driver handles all of them, it always creates new files in the 
@@ -153,12 +150,6 @@ Furthermore, irrespectively of show_sys_files, all
 files are accessible by name, for example you can always do
 "ls \-l '$UpCase'".
 .TP
-.B allow_other
-This option overrides the security measure restricting file access
-to the user mounting the filesystem.  This option is only
-allowed to root, but this restriction can be overridden by 
-the 'user_allow_other' option in the /etc/fuse.conf file.
-.TP
 .BI max_read= value
 With this option the maximum size of read operations can be set.
 The default is infinite.  Note that the size of read requests is
@@ -169,7 +160,7 @@ Do nothing on chmod and chown operations, but do not return error.
 This option is on by default.
 .TP
 .B no_def_opts
-By default ntfs-3g acts as "silent,allow_other" was passed to it,
+By default ntfs-3g acts as "silent" was passed to it,
 this option cancel this behaviour.
 .TP
 .BI streams_interface= value