diff --git a/polymer/eduke32/build/include/winlayer.h b/polymer/eduke32/build/include/winlayer.h
index 064735e7c..ce0937db8 100644
--- a/polymer/eduke32/build/include/winlayer.h
+++ b/polymer/eduke32/build/include/winlayer.h
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ extern uint32_t maxrefreshfreq;
 
 extern int32_t glusecds;
 
-extern char rawinput_nopause;
 extern char di_disabled;
 
 int32_t win_gethwnd(void);
diff --git a/polymer/eduke32/build/src/rawinput.c b/polymer/eduke32/build/src/rawinput.c
index f7cd82395..c90125f3d 100644
--- a/polymer/eduke32/build/src/rawinput.c
+++ b/polymer/eduke32/build/src/rawinput.c
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 #include "scancodes.h"
 #include "build.h"
 
-char rawinput_nopause = 0;
 static BOOL rawinput_started = 0;
 static uint8_t KeyboardState[256] = {0}; // VKeys
 static int8_t MWheel = 0;
@@ -129,9 +128,6 @@ static inline void RI_ProcessKeyboard(const RAWKEYBOARD *rkbd)
     case VK_RETURN:
         if (rkbd->Flags & RI_KEY_E0) key = sc_kpad_Enter; break;
     case VK_PAUSE:
-        if (rawinput_nopause)
-            return;
-
         KeyboardState[VKey] = 1 - (rkbd->Flags & RI_KEY_BREAK);
         if (rkbd->Flags & RI_KEY_BREAK) return;
 
diff --git a/polymer/eduke32/source/game.c b/polymer/eduke32/source/game.c
index ed4e81512..48fb2a091 100644
--- a/polymer/eduke32/source/game.c
+++ b/polymer/eduke32/source/game.c
@@ -8003,7 +8003,6 @@ static void G_ShowDebugHelp(void)
               "-noautoload\tDisable loading content from autoload dir\n"
 #ifdef _WIN32
               "-nodinput\t\tDisable DirectInput (joystick) support\n"
-              "-nopause\t\tDisable the pause key\n"
 #endif
               "-nologo\t\tSkip the logo anim\n"
               "-ns/-nm\t\tDisable sound or music\n"
@@ -8557,13 +8556,6 @@ static void G_CheckCommandLine(int32_t argc, const char **argv)
                     i++;
                     continue;
                 }
-                if (!Bstrcasecmp(c+1,"nopause"))
-                {
-                    initprintf("Pause key disabled\n");
-                    rawinput_nopause = 1;
-                    i++;
-                    continue;
-                }
 #endif
                 if (!Bstrcasecmp(c+1,"noautoload"))
                 {