diff --git a/man/shutdown.xml b/man/shutdown.xml
index c48e141879..d6bdad37fa 100644
--- a/man/shutdown.xml
+++ b/man/shutdown.xml
@@ -146,26 +146,6 @@
                                 halt, power-off, reboot.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
-                        <varlistentry>
-                                <term><option>-f</option></term>
-
-                                <listitem><para>Skip file system check
-                                on reboot. This is equivalent to
-                                creating the
-                                <filename>/fastboot</filename> file
-                                before going down.</para></listitem>
-                        </varlistentry>
-
-                        <varlistentry>
-                                <term><option>-F</option></term>
-
-                                <listitem><para>Force file system
-                                check on reboot. This is equivalent to
-                                creating the
-                                <filename>/forcefsck</filename> file
-                                before going down.</para></listitem>
-                        </varlistentry>
-
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><option>-c</option></term>
 
diff --git a/src/systemctl.c b/src/systemctl.c
index 44b884800b..a8a5e0c207 100644
--- a/src/systemctl.c
+++ b/src/systemctl.c
@@ -70,8 +70,6 @@ static bool arg_force = false;
 static bool arg_defaults = false;
 static char **arg_wall = NULL;
 static usec_t arg_when = 0;
-static bool arg_skip_fsck = false;
-static bool arg_force_fsck = false;
 static enum action {
         ACTION_INVALID,
         ACTION_SYSTEMCTL,
@@ -3838,8 +3836,6 @@ static int shutdown_help(void) {
                "  -h             Equivalent to --poweroff, overriden by --halt\n"
                "  -k             Don't halt/power-off/reboot, just send warnings\n"
                "     --no-wall   Don't send wall message before halt/power-off/reboot\n"
-               "  -f             Skip fsck on reboot\n"
-               "  -F             Force fsck on reboot\n"
                "  -c             Cancel a pending shutdown\n",
                program_invocation_short_name);
 
@@ -4215,14 +4211,6 @@ static int shutdown_parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                         /* Compatibility nops */
                         break;
 
-                case 'f':
-                        arg_skip_fsck = true;
-                        break;
-
-                case 'F':
-                        arg_force_fsck = true;
-                        break;
-
                 case 'c':
                         arg_action = ACTION_CANCEL_SHUTDOWN;
                         break;
@@ -4812,14 +4800,6 @@ static int halt_main(DBusConnection *bus) {
                 return -EPERM;
         }
 
-        if (arg_force_fsck) {
-                if ((r = touch("/forcefsck")) < 0)
-                        log_warning("Failed to create /forcefsck: %s", strerror(-r));
-        } else if (arg_skip_fsck) {
-                if ((r = touch("/fastboot")) < 0)
-                        log_warning("Failed to create /fastboot: %s", strerror(-r));
-        }
-
         if (arg_when > 0) {
                 char *m;
                 char date[FORMAT_TIMESTAMP_MAX];