diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 2a26483e..33f9d1eb 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ SVN HEAD
   Program sensors: Add pc87247 support (fans only)
                    Hide error on missing f71805f fan
                    Handle option -c more efficiently
+                   Drop option -a (show algorithm names)
   Program sensors-detect: Add SMSC DME1737 detection
                           Add EPoX EP1308 detection (Hans Edgington)
 
diff --git a/prog/sensors/main.c b/prog/sensors/main.c
index 086940ff..0a0749f5 100644
--- a/prog/sensors/main.c
+++ b/prog/sensors/main.c
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ static const char *sprintf_chip_name(sensors_chip_name name);
 #define CHIPS_MAX 20
 sensors_chip_name chips[CHIPS_MAX];
 int chips_count=0;
-int do_sets, do_unknown, fahrenheit, show_algorithm, hide_adapter, hide_unknown;
+int do_sets, do_unknown, fahrenheit, hide_adapter, hide_unknown;
 
 char degstr[5]; /* store the correct string to print degrees */
 
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ void print_long_help(void)
   printf("  -h, --help            Display this help text\n");
   printf("  -s, --set             Execute `set' statements too (root only)\n");
   printf("  -f, --fahrenheit      Show temperatures in degrees fahrenheit\n");
-  printf("  -a, --algorithm       Show algorithm for each chip\n");
   printf("  -A, --no-adapter      Do not show adapter for each chip\n");
   printf("  -U, --no-unknown      Do not show unknown chips\n");
   printf("  -u, --unknown         Treat chips as unknown ones (testing only)\n");
@@ -156,11 +155,12 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[])
     { "set", no_argument, NULL, 's' },
     { "version", no_argument, NULL, 'v'},
     { "fahrenheit", no_argument, NULL, 'f' },
-    { "algorithm", no_argument, NULL, 'a' },
     { "no-adapter", no_argument, NULL, 'A' },
     { "no-unknown", no_argument, NULL, 'U' },
     { "config-file", required_argument, NULL, 'c' },
     { "unknown", no_argument, NULL, 'u' },
+    /* next option accepted for compatibility, but otherwise ignored */
+    { "algorithm", no_argument, NULL, 'a' },
     { 0,0,0,0 }
   };
 
@@ -168,7 +168,6 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[])
 
   do_unknown = 0;
   do_sets = 0;
-  show_algorithm = 0;
   hide_adapter = 0;
   hide_unknown = 0;
   while (1) {
@@ -195,9 +194,6 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[])
     case 'f':
       fahrenheit = 1;
       break;
-    case 'a':
-      show_algorithm = 1;
-      break;
     case 'A':
       hide_adapter = 1;
       break;
@@ -424,7 +420,7 @@ struct match matches[] = {
 
 void do_a_print(sensors_chip_name name)
 {
-  const char *algo,*adap;
+  const char *adap;
   struct match *m;
 
   /* do we know how to display it? */
@@ -439,11 +435,8 @@ void do_a_print(sensors_chip_name name)
   adap = sensors_get_adapter_name(name.bus);
   if (adap && !hide_adapter)
     printf("Adapter: %s\n",adap);
-  algo = sensors_get_algorithm_name(name.bus);
-  if (algo && show_algorithm)
-    printf("Algorithm: %s\n",algo);
-  if (!algo || !adap)
-    printf(" ERROR: Can't get adapter or algorithm?!?\n");
+  if (!adap)
+    fprintf(stderr, "Can't get adapter name for bus %d\n", name.bus);
   if (do_unknown)
     print_unknown_chip(&name);
   else {
diff --git a/prog/sensors/sensors.1 b/prog/sensors/sensors.1
index 67729149..88b76f32 100644
--- a/prog/sensors/sensors.1
+++ b/prog/sensors/sensors.1
@@ -61,10 +61,6 @@ Print a help text and exit.
 Evaluate all `set' statements in the configuration file and exit. You must
 be `root' to do this. If this parameter is not specified, no `set' statement
 is evaluated.
-.IP -a
-Show the algorithm for each chip. Note that algorithms are no more named
-since Linux 2.6, so this option is deprecated and will probably go away in
-a near future.
 .IP -A
 Do not show the adapter for each chip.
 .IP -U