diff --git a/3rdParty/velocypack/include/velocypack/Parser.h b/3rdParty/velocypack/include/velocypack/Parser.h
index b00ff13fb6..e529b1c23c 100644
--- a/3rdParty/velocypack/include/velocypack/Parser.h
+++ b/3rdParty/velocypack/include/velocypack/Parser.h
@@ -157,7 +157,6 @@ class Parser {
     if (options->clearBuilderBeforeParse) {
       _b->clear();
     }
-    _b->options = options;
     return parseInternal(multi);
   }
 
diff --git a/3rdParty/velocypack/src/Parser.cpp b/3rdParty/velocypack/src/Parser.cpp
index 0206c87d9b..fffab4f93e 100644
--- a/3rdParty/velocypack/src/Parser.cpp
+++ b/3rdParty/velocypack/src/Parser.cpp
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ using namespace arangodb::velocypack;
 // build the result (build phase).
 
 ValueLength Parser::parseInternal(bool multi) {
-  _b->options = options;  // copy over options
-
   // skip over optional BOM
   if (_size >= 3 && _start[0] == 0xef && _start[1] == 0xbb &&
       _start[2] == 0xbf) {