diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0a064a5..974cc12 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,38 +2,6 @@
 
 ## Methods
 
-### `getOptions`
-
-Recommended way to retrieve the options of a loader invocation:
-
-```javascript
-// inside your loader
-const options = loaderUtils.getOptions(this);
-```
-
-1. If `this.query` is a string:
-   - Tries to parse the query string and returns a new object
-   - Throws if it's not a valid query string
-2. If `this.query` is object-like, it just returns `this.query`
-3. In any other case, it just returns `null`
-
-**Please note:** The returned `options` object is _read-only_. It may be re-used across multiple invocations.
-If you pass it on to another library, make sure to make a _deep copy_ of it:
-
-```javascript
-const options = Object.assign(
-  {},
-  defaultOptions,
-  loaderUtils.getOptions(this) // it is safe to pass null to Object.assign()
-);
-// don't forget nested objects or arrays
-options.obj = Object.assign({}, options.obj);
-options.arr = options.arr.slice();
-someLibrary(options);
-```
-
-[clone](https://www.npmjs.com/package/clone) is a good library to make a deep copy of the options.
-
 #### Options as query strings
 
 If the loader options have been passed as loader query string (`loader?some&params`), the string is parsed by using [`parseQuery`](#parsequery).
diff --git a/lib/getOptions.js b/lib/getOptions.js
deleted file mode 100644
index d5512e0..0000000
--- a/lib/getOptions.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-"use strict";
-
-const parseQuery = require("./parseQuery");
-
-function getOptions(loaderContext) {
-  const query = loaderContext.query;
-
-  if (typeof query === "string" && query !== "") {
-    return parseQuery(loaderContext.query);
-  }
-
-  if (!query || typeof query !== "object") {
-    // Not object-like queries are not supported.
-    return {};
-  }
-
-  return query;
-}
-
-module.exports = getOptions;
diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index 325fe1e..3486d04 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 "use strict";
 
-const getOptions = require("./getOptions");
 const parseQuery = require("./parseQuery");
 const stringifyRequest = require("./stringifyRequest");
 const isUrlRequest = require("./isUrlRequest");
@@ -9,7 +8,6 @@ const parseString = require("./parseString");
 const getHashDigest = require("./getHashDigest");
 const interpolateName = require("./interpolateName");
 
-exports.getOptions = getOptions;
 exports.parseQuery = parseQuery;
 exports.stringifyRequest = stringifyRequest;
 exports.isUrlRequest = isUrlRequest;
diff --git a/test/getOptions.test.js b/test/getOptions.test.js
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index a8cc2d6..0000000
--- a/test/getOptions.test.js
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@@ -1,82 +0,0 @@
-"use strict";
-
-const loaderUtils = require("../lib");
-
-describe("getOptions()", () => {
-  it("should work", () => {
-    expect(
-      loaderUtils.getOptions({
-        query: true,
-      })
-    ).toEqual({});
-    expect(
-      loaderUtils.getOptions({
-        query: false,
-      })
-    ).toEqual({});
-    expect(
-      loaderUtils.getOptions({
-        query: null,
-      })
-    ).toEqual({});
-    expect(
-      loaderUtils.getOptions({
-        query: undefined,
-      })
-    ).toEqual({});
-    expect(
-      loaderUtils.getOptions({
-        query: 1,
-      })
-    ).toEqual({});
-    expect(
-      loaderUtils.getOptions({
-        query: 0,
-      })
-    ).toEqual({});
-    expect(
-      loaderUtils.getOptions({
-        query: -0,
-      })
-    ).toEqual({});
-    expect(
-      loaderUtils.getOptions({
-        query: -1,
-      })
-    ).toEqual({});
-    expect(
-      loaderUtils.getOptions({
-        query: "",
-      })
-    ).toEqual({});
-    expect(
-      loaderUtils.getOptions({
-        query: "?something=getOptions_cannot_parse",
-      })
-    ).toEqual({ something: "getOptions_cannot_parse" });
-
-    const query1 = {};
-
-    expect(
-      loaderUtils.getOptions({
-        query: query1,
-      })
-    ).toEqual(query1);
-
-    const query2 = { foo: { bar: "baz" } };
-
-    expect(
-      loaderUtils.getOptions({
-        query: query2,
-      })
-    ).toEqual(query2);
-
-    const query3 = [];
-
-    expect(loaderUtils.getOptions({ query: query3 })).toEqual(query3);
-
-    const query4 = [1, true, "foobar"];
-
-    expect(loaderUtils.getOptions({ query: query4 })).toEqual(query4);
-  });
-});