diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/pull.rb b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/pull.rb
index 6756be8eec..1f17d2f670 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/pull.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/pull.rb
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@ module Homebrew
         Each <patch> may be the number of a pull request in `homebrew/core`, the URL of any pull request
         or commit on GitHub or a "https://jenkins.brew.sh/job/..." testing job URL.
       EOS
-      switch "--bottle",
-             description: "Handle bottles, pulling the bottle-update commit and publishing files on Bintray."
       switch "--bump",
              description: "For one-formula PRs, automatically reword commit message to our preferred format."
       switch "--clean",
@@ -105,7 +103,6 @@ module Homebrew
         end
         _, testing_job = *testing_match
         url = "https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-#{tap.repo}/compare/master...BrewTestBot:testing-#{testing_job}"
-        odie "--bottle is required for testing job URLs!" unless args.bottle?
       elsif (api_match = arg.match HOMEBREW_PULL_API_REGEX)
         _, user, repo, issue = *api_match
         url = "https://github.com/#{user}/#{repo}/pull/#{issue}"
@@ -117,7 +114,7 @@ module Homebrew
         odie "Not a GitHub pull request or commit: #{arg}"
       end
 
-      odie "No pull request detected!" if !testing_job && args.bottle? && issue.nil?
+      odie "No pull request detected!" if !testing_job && issue.nil?
 
       if tap
         tap.install unless tap.installed?
@@ -176,25 +173,11 @@ module Homebrew
           next
         end
 
-        if f.stable
-          stable_urls = [f.stable.url] + f.stable.mirrors
-          stable_urls.grep(%r{^https://dl.bintray.com/homebrew/mirror/}) do |mirror_url|
-            check_bintray_mirror(f.full_name, mirror_url)
-          end
-        end
+        next unless f.stable
 
-        if args.bottle?
-          if f.bottle_unneeded?
-            ohai "#{f}: skipping unneeded bottle."
-          elsif f.bottle_disabled?
-            ohai "#{f}: skipping disabled bottle: #{f.bottle_disable_reason}"
-          else
-            fetch_bottles = true
-          end
-        else
-          next unless f.bottle_defined?
-
-          opoo "#{f.full_name} has a bottle: do you need to update it with --bottle?"
+        stable_urls = [f.stable.url] + f.stable.mirrors
+        stable_urls.grep(%r{^https://dl.bintray.com/homebrew/mirror/}) do |mirror_url|
+          check_bintray_mirror(f.full_name, mirror_url)
         end
       end
 
diff --git a/docs/Manpage.md b/docs/Manpage.md
index cb084c827a..4f28d17017 100644
--- a/docs/Manpage.md
+++ b/docs/Manpage.md
@@ -927,8 +927,6 @@ Each *`patch`* may be the number of a pull request in `homebrew/core`, the URL o
 any pull request or commit on GitHub or a "https://jenkins.brew.sh/job/..."
 testing job URL.
 
-* `--bottle`:
-  Handle bottles, pulling the bottle-update commit and publishing files on Bintray.
 * `--bump`:
   For one-formula PRs, automatically reword commit message to our preferred format.
 * `--clean`:
diff --git a/manpages/brew.1 b/manpages/brew.1
index 366176d59c..a305882a85 100644
--- a/manpages/brew.1
+++ b/manpages/brew.1
@@ -1180,10 +1180,6 @@ Get a patch from a GitHub commit or pull request and apply it to Homebrew\. Opti
 Each \fIpatch\fR may be the number of a pull request in \fBhomebrew/core\fR, the URL of any pull request or commit on GitHub or a "https://jenkins\.brew\.sh/job/\.\.\." testing job URL\.
 .
 .TP
-\fB\-\-bottle\fR
-Handle bottles, pulling the bottle\-update commit and publishing files on Bintray\.
-.
-.TP
 \fB\-\-bump\fR
 For one\-formula PRs, automatically reword commit message to our preferred format\.
 .