diff --git a/History.md b/History.md
index 510b4b9d..aa84ca29 100644
--- a/History.md
+++ b/History.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
   * `GC.compact` is called before fork if available (#2093)
   * Add `requests_count` to workers stats. (#2106)
   * Changed #connected_port to #connected_ports (#2076)
+  * `--control` has been removed. Use `--control-url` (#1487)
 
 * Bugfixes
   * Windows update extconf.rb for use with ssp and varied Ruby/MSYS2 combinations (#2069)
diff --git a/lib/puma/cli.rb b/lib/puma/cli.rb
index cff30af8..2d387214 100644
--- a/lib/puma/cli.rb
+++ b/lib/puma/cli.rb
@@ -112,11 +112,6 @@ module Puma
             configure_control_url(arg)
           end
 
-          # alias --control-url for backwards-compatibility
-          o.on "--control URL", "DEPRECATED alias for --control-url" do |arg|
-            configure_control_url(arg)
-          end
-
           o.on "--control-token TOKEN",
             "The token to use as authentication for the control server" do |arg|
             @control_options[:auth_token] = arg