diff --git a/examples/complex/flowbasic.py b/examples/complex/flowbasic.py
index 25b0b1a91..dafdd0849 100644
--- a/examples/complex/flowbasic.py
+++ b/examples/complex/flowbasic.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 """
     This example shows how to build a proxy based on mitmproxy's Flow
     primitives.
diff --git a/mitmproxy/tools/cmdline.py b/mitmproxy/tools/cmdline.py
index 34f1c08f7..1ad521b54 100644
--- a/mitmproxy/tools/cmdline.py
+++ b/mitmproxy/tools/cmdline.py
@@ -883,21 +883,6 @@ def mitmweb():
         action="store_true", dest="wdebug",
         help="Turn on mitmweb debugging"
     )
-    group.add_argument(
-        "--wsingleuser",
-        action="store", dest="wsingleuser", type=str,
-        metavar="USER",
-        help="""
-            Allows access to a a single user, specified in the form
-            username:password.
-        """
-    )
-    group.add_argument(
-        "--whtpasswd",
-        action="store", dest="whtpasswd", type=str,
-        metavar="PATH",
-        help="Allow access to users specified in an Apache htpasswd file."
-    )
 
     common_options(parser)
     group = parser.add_argument_group(
diff --git a/mitmproxy/tools/main.py b/mitmproxy/tools/main.py
index 08e5f2cab..69dd3791b 100644
--- a/mitmproxy/tools/main.py
+++ b/mitmproxy/tools/main.py
@@ -135,8 +135,6 @@ def mitmweb(args=None):  # pragma: no cover
         web_options.wdebug = args.wdebug
         web_options.wiface = args.wiface
         web_options.wport = args.wport
-        web_options.wsingleuser = args.wsingleuser
-        web_options.whtpasswd = args.whtpasswd
         web_options.process_web_options(parser)
 
         server = process_options(parser, web_options, args)