diff --git a/build/mozconfig.common b/build/mozconfig.common
index e40875b9e0af..a67407ce4c95 100644
--- a/build/mozconfig.common
+++ b/build/mozconfig.common
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ fi
 
 mk_add_options AUTOCLOBBER=1
 
-ac_add_options --enable-crashreporter
-
 ac_add_options --enable-js-shell
 
 . "$topsrcdir/build/mozconfig.automation"
diff --git a/docs/setup/configuring_build_options.rst b/docs/setup/configuring_build_options.rst
index fd57930022a6..1a4eec639e57 100644
--- a/docs/setup/configuring_build_options.rst
+++ b/docs/setup/configuring_build_options.rst
@@ -304,14 +304,6 @@ Other Options
    to clobber and continue with the build instead of asking the user to
    manually clobber and exiting.
 
-``ac_add_options --enable-crashreporter``
-   This enables the machinery that allows Firefox to write out a
-   `minidump <https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/Debug/minidump-files>`__
-   files when crashing as well as the tools to process and submit crash
-   reports to Mozilla. After enabling the crash reporter in your local
-   build, you will need to run mach with the --enable-crash-reporter
-   (note the extra dash) to enable it at runtime, like so:
-   ``./mach run --enable-crash-reporter``
 ``ac_add_options --enable-warnings-as-errors``
    This makes compiler warnings into errors which fail the build. This
    can be useful since certain warnings coincide with reviewbot lints