diff --git a/docs/simplesamlphp-reference-idp-hosted.txt b/docs/simplesamlphp-reference-idp-hosted.txt
index 8afd8ea0c7f0fcf98a33de6ae1f3c635c79d8932..7cfe0da5ee6dcb296855032a520981d4131bb390 100644
--- a/docs/simplesamlphp-reference-idp-hosted.txt
+++ b/docs/simplesamlphp-reference-idp-hosted.txt
@@ -59,8 +59,6 @@ Common options
 `privacypolicy`
 :   This is an absolute URL for where an user can find a
     privacypolicy. If set, this will be shown on the consent page.
-    `%SPENTITYID%` in the URL will be replaced with the entity id of
-    the service the user is accessing.
 
 :   Note that this option also exists in the SP-remote metadata, and
     any value in the SP-remote metadata overrides the one configured
diff --git a/docs/simplesamlphp-reference-sp-remote.txt b/docs/simplesamlphp-reference-sp-remote.txt
index 00f6c3a8df4ee426df30bf17d6c4c07e3b89560f..96b698d2f22064ea54551a5eb769685beafa0f11 100644
--- a/docs/simplesamlphp-reference-sp-remote.txt
+++ b/docs/simplesamlphp-reference-sp-remote.txt
@@ -61,8 +61,6 @@ and Shibboleth 1.3 protocol:
 `privacypolicy`
 :   This is an absolute URL for where an user can find a privacypolicy
     for this SP. If set, this will be shown on the consent page.
-    `%SPENTITYID%` in the URL will be replaced with the entity id of
-    this service provider.
 
 :   Note that this option also exists in the IdP-hosted metadata. This
     entry in the SP-remote metadata overrides the option in the
diff --git a/modules/consent/www/getconsent.php b/modules/consent/www/getconsent.php
index c93d341324b87ede353388e83162929bce3beb7f..98399310526fa9708c413b76630f9d818358a18d 100644
--- a/modules/consent/www/getconsent.php
+++ b/modules/consent/www/getconsent.php
@@ -124,10 +124,6 @@ if (array_key_exists('privacypolicy', $state['Destination'])) {
 } else {
 	$privacypolicy = FALSE;
 }
-if($privacypolicy !== FALSE) {
-	$privacypolicy = str_replace('%SPENTITYID%', urlencode($spentityid),
-		$privacypolicy);
-}
 $t->data['sppp'] = $privacypolicy;