diff --git a/hledger-web/Hledger/Web/WebOptions.hs b/hledger-web/Hledger/Web/WebOptions.hs
index 7008bade4..e0527b295 100644
--- a/hledger-web/Hledger/Web/WebOptions.hs
+++ b/hledger-web/Hledger/Web/WebOptions.hs
@@ -76,11 +76,12 @@ webflags =
       (\s opts -> Right $ setopt "base-url" s opts)
       "BASEURL"
       "set the base url (default: http://IPADDR:PORT)"
-  , flagReq
-      ["file-url"]
-      (\s opts -> Right $ setopt "file-url" s opts)
-      "FILEURL"
-      "set a different base url for static files (default: `BASEURL/static/`)"
+  -- XXX #2139
+  -- , flagReq
+  --     ["file-url"]
+  --     (\s opts -> Right $ setopt "file-url" s opts)
+  --     "FILEURL"
+  --     "set a different base url for static files (default: `BASEURL/static/`)"
   , flagNone
       ["test"]
       (setboolopt "test")
diff --git a/hledger-web/hledger-web.m4.md b/hledger-web/hledger-web.m4.md
index aba4cb25e..a063c4321 100644
--- a/hledger-web/hledger-web.m4.md
+++ b/hledger-web/hledger-web.m4.md
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ The default is `http://HOST:PORT/` using the server's configured host address an
 (or `http://HOST` if PORT is 80).
 Note this affects url generation but not route parsing.
 
+<!--  #2139
 `--file-url=URL`
 : set a different base url for static files (default: `BASEURL/static/`)
 
@@ -118,6 +119,7 @@ hledger-web normally serves static files itself,
 but if you wanted to serve them from another server,
 eg for better caching or cookie-less serving on high performance websites,
 you can customise their urls with this.
+-->
 
 `--test`
 : run hledger-web's tests and exit. hspec test runner args may follow a --, eg: hledger-web --test -- --help