diff --git a/freqtrade/commands/arguments.py b/freqtrade/commands/arguments.py
index b61a4933e..a9ad6bc63 100644
--- a/freqtrade/commands/arguments.py
+++ b/freqtrade/commands/arguments.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ ARGS_HYPEROPT = ARGS_COMMON_OPTIMIZE + ["hyperopt", "hyperopt_path",
                                         "use_max_market_positions", "print_all",
                                         "print_colorized", "print_json", "hyperopt_jobs",
                                         "hyperopt_random_state", "hyperopt_min_trades",
-                                        "hyperopt_continue", "hyperopt_loss"]
+                                        "hyperopt_loss"]
 
 ARGS_EDGE = ARGS_COMMON_OPTIMIZE + ["stoploss_range"]
 
diff --git a/freqtrade/commands/cli_options.py b/freqtrade/commands/cli_options.py
index 81b8de1af..eeadd62f6 100644
--- a/freqtrade/commands/cli_options.py
+++ b/freqtrade/commands/cli_options.py
@@ -252,13 +252,6 @@ AVAILABLE_CLI_OPTIONS = {
         metavar='INT',
         default=1,
     ),
-    "hyperopt_continue": Arg(
-        "--continue",
-        help="Continue hyperopt from previous runs. "
-        "By default, temporary files will be removed and hyperopt will start from scratch.",
-        default=False,
-        action='store_true',
-    ),
     "hyperopt_loss": Arg(
         '--hyperopt-loss',
         help='Specify the class name of the hyperopt loss function class (IHyperOptLoss). '
diff --git a/freqtrade/configuration/configuration.py b/freqtrade/configuration/configuration.py
index 930917fae..4a53ef7e5 100644
--- a/freqtrade/configuration/configuration.py
+++ b/freqtrade/configuration/configuration.py
@@ -295,9 +295,6 @@ class Configuration:
         self._args_to_config(config, argname='hyperopt_min_trades',
                              logstring='Parameter --min-trades detected: {}')
 
-        self._args_to_config(config, argname='hyperopt_continue',
-                             logstring='Hyperopt continue: {}')
-
         self._args_to_config(config, argname='hyperopt_loss',
                              logstring='Using Hyperopt loss class name: {}')
 
diff --git a/freqtrade/optimize/hyperopt.py b/freqtrade/optimize/hyperopt.py
index 37de3bc4b..8682aa08d 100644
--- a/freqtrade/optimize/hyperopt.py
+++ b/freqtrade/optimize/hyperopt.py
@@ -86,10 +86,7 @@ class Hyperopt:
 
         self.current_best_loss = 100
 
-        if not self.config.get('hyperopt_continue'):
-            self.clean_hyperopt()
-        else:
-            logger.info("Continuing on previous hyperopt results.")
+        self.clean_hyperopt()
 
         self.num_epochs_saved = 0
 
diff --git a/tests/optimize/test_hyperopt.py b/tests/optimize/test_hyperopt.py
index d58b91209..a35b8b655 100644
--- a/tests/optimize/test_hyperopt.py
+++ b/tests/optimize/test_hyperopt.py
@@ -839,17 +839,6 @@ def test_clean_hyperopt(mocker, hyperopt_conf, caplog):
     assert log_has(f"Removing `{h.data_pickle_file}`.", caplog)
 
 
-def test_continue_hyperopt(mocker, hyperopt_conf, caplog):
-    patch_exchange(mocker)
-    hyperopt_conf.update({'hyperopt_continue': True})
-    mocker.patch("freqtrade.optimize.hyperopt.Path.is_file", MagicMock(return_value=True))
-    unlinkmock = mocker.patch("freqtrade.optimize.hyperopt.Path.unlink", MagicMock())
-    Hyperopt(hyperopt_conf)
-
-    assert unlinkmock.call_count == 0
-    assert log_has("Continuing on previous hyperopt results.", caplog)
-
-
 def test_print_json_spaces_all(mocker, hyperopt_conf, capsys) -> None:
     dumper = mocker.patch('freqtrade.optimize.hyperopt.dump', MagicMock())
     mocker.patch('freqtrade.optimize.backtesting.Backtesting.load_bt_data',