diff --git a/lib/output.js b/lib/output.js
index 390b87ce..9fb97c81 100644
--- a/lib/output.js
+++ b/lib/output.js
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ function OutputStream(options) {
 
     options = defaults(options, {
         ascii_only       : false,
-        ascii_identifiers: undefined,
         beautify         : false,
         bracketize       : false,
         comments         : false,
@@ -78,9 +77,6 @@ function OutputStream(options) {
         wrap_iife        : false,
     }, true);
 
-    if (typeof options.ascii_identifiers === 'undefined')
-        options.ascii_identifiers = options.ascii_only;
-
     if (options.shorthand === undefined)
         options.shorthand = options.ecma > 5;
 
diff --git a/test/compress/unicode.js b/test/compress/unicode.js
index b2c8e9e9..b2db1d68 100644
--- a/test/compress/unicode.js
+++ b/test/compress/unicode.js
@@ -103,22 +103,6 @@ non_escape_2_non_escape: {
     expect_exact: 'var µþ="µþ";'
 }
 
-non_escape_2_half_escape1: {
-    beautify = {ascii_only: false, ascii_identifiers: true, ecma: 6}
-    input: {
-        var µþ = "µþ";
-    }
-    expect_exact: 'var \\u00b5\\u00fe="µþ";'
-}
-
-non_escape_2_half_escape2: {
-    beautify = {ascii_only: true, ascii_identifiers: false, ecma: 6}
-    input: {
-        var µþ = "µþ";
-    }
-    expect_exact: 'var µþ="\\xb5\\xfe";'
-}
-
 issue_2242_1: {
     beautify = {
         ascii_only: false,