diff --git a/bin/webpack-dev-server.js b/bin/webpack-dev-server.js
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100755
--- a/bin/webpack-dev-server.js
+++ b/bin/webpack-dev-server.js
@@ -217,9 +217,6 @@ function processOptions(wpOpt) {
 		process.stdin.resume();
 	}
 
-	if(!options.watchDelay && !options.watchOptions) // TODO remove in next major version
-		options.watchDelay = firstWpOpt.watchDelay;
-
 	if(!options.hot)
 		options.hot = argv["hot"];
Remove deprecated `watchDelay` option that was broken anyway