diff --git a/docs/configuration.md b/docs/configuration.md
index 88a61d8..d319e6b 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/configuration.md
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ These are all of the available configuration options.
 
 | Name          | Default  | Description |
 | ------------- | :------: | ----------- |
-| async | `true` | Whether to parse and render the element asynchronously
 | allowTaint | `false` | Whether to allow cross-origin images to taint the canvas
 | backgroundColor | `#ffffff` | Canvas background color, if none is specified in DOM. Set `null` for transparent
 | canvas | `null` | Existing `canvas` element to use as a base for drawing on
diff --git a/src/Clone.js b/src/Clone.js
index 5a173e1..4225c28 100644
--- a/src/Clone.js
+++ b/src/Clone.js
@@ -184,7 +184,6 @@ export class DocumentCloner {
                     return this.renderer(
                         documentElement,
                         {
-                            async: this.options.async,
                             allowTaint: this.options.allowTaint,
                             backgroundColor: '#ffffff',
                             canvas: null,
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index d787dfe..8dfeb85 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import Logger from './Logger';
 import {renderElement} from './Window';
 
 export type Options = {
-    async: ?boolean,
     allowTaint: ?boolean,
     backgroundColor: string,
     canvas: ?HTMLCanvasElement,
@@ -50,7 +49,6 @@ const html2canvas = (element: HTMLElement, conf: ?Options): Promise<*> => {
     const defaultView = ownerDocument.defaultView;
 
     const defaultOptions = {
-        async: true,
         allowTaint: false,
         backgroundColor: '#ffffff',
         imageTimeout: 15000,