diff --git a/flashrom.8 b/flashrom.8
index fd1f242..d51034e 100644
--- a/flashrom.8
+++ b/flashrom.8
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 flashrom \- detect, read, write, verify and erase flash chips
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B flashrom \fR[\fB\-VfLzhR\fR] [\fB\-E\fR|\fB\-r\fR file|\fB\-w\fR file|\fB\-v\fR file]
-         [\fB\-c\fR chipname] [\fB\-s\fR addr] [\fB\-e\fR addr] [\fB\-m\fR [vendor:]part]
+         [\fB\-c\fR chipname] [\fB\-m\fR [vendor:]part]
          [\fB\-l\fR file] [\fB\-i\fR image] [\fB\-p\fR programmer] [file]
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .B flashrom
@@ -50,9 +50,6 @@
 .TP
 .B "\-c, \-\-chip" <chipname>
 Probe only for specified flash ROM chip.
-.TP
-.B "\-s, \-\-estart" <addr>
-Exclude start position (obsolete).
 .sp
 flashrom supports ROM layouts. This allows you to flash certain parts of
 the flash chip only. A ROM layout file looks like follows:
@@ -81,9 +78,6 @@
 flexible and they should lead to a ROM update file format with the
 ROM layout and the ROM image in one file (cpio, zip or something?).
 .TP
-.B "\-e, \-\-eend" <addr> 
-Exclude end postion (obsolete).
-.TP
 .B "\-m, \-\-mainboard" <[vendor:]part>
 Override mainboard settings.
 .sp
diff --git a/flashrom.c b/flashrom.c
index 8da80b1..1ccafca 100644
--- a/flashrom.c
+++ b/flashrom.c
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 #include "flashchips.h"
 
 char *chip_to_probe = NULL;
-int exclude_start_page, exclude_end_page;
 int verbose = 0;
 int programmer = PROGRAMMER_INTERNAL;
 
@@ -410,7 +409,7 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int read_flash(struct flashchip *flash, char *filename, unsigned int exclude_start_position, unsigned int exclude_end_position)
+int read_flash(struct flashchip *flash, char *filename)
 {
 	unsigned long numbytes;
 	FILE *image;
@@ -433,10 +432,6 @@
 	} else
 		flash->read(flash, buf, 0, size);
 
-	if (exclude_end_position - exclude_start_position > 0)
-		memset(buf + exclude_start_position, 0,
-		       exclude_end_position - exclude_start_position);
-
 	numbytes = fwrite(buf, 1, size, image);
 	fclose(image);
 	free(buf);
@@ -482,8 +477,8 @@
 
 void usage(const char *name)
 {
-	printf("usage: %s [-VfLzhR] [-E|-r file|-w file|-v file] [-c chipname] [-s addr]\n"
-              "       [-e addr] [-m [vendor:]part] [-l file] [-i image] [-p programmer] [file]\n\n", name);
+	printf("usage: %s [-VfLzhR] [-E|-r file|-w file|-v file] [-c chipname]\n"
+              "       [-m [vendor:]part] [-l file] [-i image] [-p programmer] [file]\n\n", name);
 
 	printf("Please note that the command line interface for flashrom will "
 		"change before\nflashrom 1.0. Do not use flashrom in scripts "
@@ -497,8 +492,6 @@
 	     "   -E | --erase:                     erase flash device\n"
 	     "   -V | --verbose:                   more verbose output\n"
 	     "   -c | --chip <chipname>:           probe only for specified flash chip\n"
-	     "   -s | --estart <addr>:             exclude start position\n"
-	     "   -e | --eend <addr>:               exclude end postion\n"
 	     "   -m | --mainboard <[vendor:]part>: override mainboard settings\n"
 	     "   -f | --force:                     force write without checking image\n"
 	     "   -l | --layout <file.layout>:      read ROM layout from file\n"
@@ -542,8 +535,6 @@
 		{"erase", 0, 0, 'E'},
 		{"verify", 0, 0, 'v'},
 		{"chip", 1, 0, 'c'},
-		{"estart", 1, 0, 's'},
-		{"eend", 1, 0, 'e'},
 		{"mainboard", 1, 0, 'm'},
 		{"verbose", 0, 0, 'V'},
 		{"force", 0, 0, 'f'},
@@ -559,7 +550,6 @@
 
 	char *filename = NULL;
 
-	unsigned int exclude_start_position = 0, exclude_end_position = 0;	// [x,y)
 	char *tempstr = NULL, *tempstr2 = NULL;
 
 	print_version();
@@ -573,7 +563,7 @@
 	}
 
 	setbuf(stdout, NULL);
-	while ((opt = getopt_long(argc, argv, "rRwvVEfc:s:e:m:l:i:p:Lzh",
+	while ((opt = getopt_long(argc, argv, "rRwvVEfc:m:l:i:p:Lzh",
 				  long_options, &option_index)) != EOF) {
 		switch (opt) {
 		case 'r':
@@ -614,14 +604,6 @@
 			}
 			erase_it = 1;
 			break;
-		case 's':
-			tempstr = strdup(optarg);
-			sscanf(tempstr, "%x", &exclude_start_position);
-			break;
-		case 'e':
-			tempstr = strdup(optarg);
-			sscanf(tempstr, "%x", &exclude_end_position);
-			break;
 		case 'm':
 			tempstr = strdup(optarg);
 			strtok(tempstr, ":");
@@ -753,7 +735,7 @@
 				printf("Run flashrom -L to view the hardware supported in this flashrom version.\n");
 				exit(1);
 			}
-			return read_flash(flashes[0], filename, exclude_start_position, exclude_end_position);
+			return read_flash(flashes[0], filename);
 		}
 		// FIXME: flash writes stay enabled!
 		exit(1);
@@ -817,7 +799,7 @@
 		if (erase_flash(flash))
 			return 1;
 	} else if (read_it) {
-		if (read_flash(flash, filename, exclude_start_position, exclude_end_position))
+		if (read_flash(flash, filename))
 			return 1;
 	} else {
 		struct stat image_stat;
@@ -844,27 +826,6 @@
 		}
 	}
 
-	/* exclude range stuff. Nice idea, but at the moment it is only
-	 * supported in hardware by the pm49fl004 chips. 
-	 * Instead of implementing this for all chips I suggest advancing
-	 * it to the rom layout feature below and drop exclude range
-	 * completely once all flash chips can do rom layouts. stepan
-	 */
-
-	/* FIXME: This code is totally broken. It treats exclude ranges as include ranges. */
-	// ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-	if (exclude_end_position - exclude_start_position > 0)
-		chip_readn(buf + exclude_start_position,
-			   flash->virtual_memory + exclude_start_position,
-			   exclude_end_position - exclude_start_position);
-
-	exclude_start_page = exclude_start_position / flash->page_size;
-	if ((exclude_start_position % flash->page_size) != 0) {
-		exclude_start_page++;
-	}
-	exclude_end_page = exclude_end_position / flash->page_size;
-	// ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-
 	// This should be moved into each flash part's code to do it 
 	// cleanly. This does the job.
 	/* FIXME: Adapt to the external flasher infrastructure. */
diff --git a/pm49fl00x.c b/pm49fl00x.c
index 3b284e6..27a1163 100644
--- a/pm49fl00x.c
+++ b/pm49fl00x.c
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@
 
 #include "flash.h"
 
-extern int exclude_start_page, exclude_end_page;
-
 void write_lockbits_49fl00x(chipaddr bios, int size,
 			    unsigned char bits, int block_size)
 {
@@ -64,9 +62,6 @@
 	 */
 	printf("Erasing page: ");
 	for (i = 0; i < total_size / page_size; i++) {
-		if ((i >= exclude_start_page) && (i < exclude_end_page))
-			continue;
-
 		/* erase the page */
 		if (erase_block_jedec(flash, i * page_size, page_size)) {
 			fprintf(stderr, "ERASE FAILED!\n");
@@ -98,9 +93,6 @@
 
 	printf("Programming page: ");
 	for (i = 0; i < total_size / page_size; i++) {
-		if ((i >= exclude_start_page) && (i < exclude_end_page))
-			continue;
-
 		/* erase the page before programming */
 		if (erase_block_jedec(flash, i * page_size, page_size)) {
 			fprintf(stderr, "ERASE FAILED!\n");