diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e6f880ad..9d6a407a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -96,9 +96,6 @@ if (CATCH_DEVELOPMENT_BUILD)
 endif()
 
 
-#option(CATCH_USE_VALGRIND "Perform SelfTests with Valgrind" OFF)
-#option(CATCH_ENABLE_WERROR "Enable all warnings as errors" ON)
-#
 #set_property(GLOBAL PROPERTY USE_FOLDERS ON)
 #
 #
diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 77189d6f..5ea6b7cd 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -523,13 +523,5 @@ if (CATCH_ENABLE_CONFIGURE_TESTS)
     endforeach()
 endif()
 
-if (CATCH_USE_VALGRIND)
-    add_test(NAME ValgrindRunTests COMMAND valgrind --leak-check=full --error-exitcode=1 $<TARGET_FILE:SelfTest>)
-    add_test(NAME ValgrindListTests COMMAND valgrind --leak-check=full --error-exitcode=1 $<TARGET_FILE:SelfTest> --list-tests --verbosity high)
-    set_tests_properties(ValgrindListTests PROPERTIES PASS_REGULAR_EXPRESSION "definitely lost: 0 bytes in 0 blocks")
-    add_test(NAME ValgrindListTags COMMAND valgrind --leak-check=full --error-exitcode=1 $<TARGET_FILE:SelfTest> --list-tags)
-    set_tests_properties(ValgrindListTags PROPERTIES PASS_REGULAR_EXPRESSION "definitely lost: 0 bytes in 0 blocks")
-endif()
-
 list(APPEND CATCH_WARNING_TARGETS SelfTest)
 set(CATCH_WARNING_TARGETS ${CATCH_WARNING_TARGETS} PARENT_SCOPE)