diff --git a/pressure-vessel/wrap.1.md b/pressure-vessel/wrap.1.md
index 8dad6766e34dca1bcb99b4558b7a5f696b3a109a..417419914903a722a589637487c57a7da031f00b 100644
--- a/pressure-vessel/wrap.1.md
+++ b/pressure-vessel/wrap.1.md
@@ -58,12 +58,6 @@ pressure-vessel-wrap - run programs in a bubblewrap container
 `--home` *DIR*
 :   Use *DIR* as the home directory. This implies `--unshare-home`.
 
-`--host-fallback`
-:   If **bwrap**(1) cannot be run, attempt to run *COMMAND* in the
-    current execution environment using the `LD_LIBRARY_PATH`
-    Steam Runtime instead. In practice this will only work for
-    Steam Runtime version 1, "scout".
-
 `--host-ld-preload` *MODULE*
 :   Add *MODULE* from the host system to `LD_PRELOAD` when executing
     *COMMAND*. If *COMMAND* is run in a container, the path of the
diff --git a/pressure-vessel/wrap.c b/pressure-vessel/wrap.c
index 8794d0883c64d3a6a1ca51c6ae3b53f15d3fc135..b9709f86171fe0a267b622e33d5997426d89303a 100644
--- a/pressure-vessel/wrap.c
+++ b/pressure-vessel/wrap.c
@@ -713,7 +713,6 @@ static char *opt_steam_app_id = NULL;
 static gboolean opt_gc_runtimes = TRUE;
 static gboolean opt_generate_locales = TRUE;
 static char *opt_home = NULL;
-static gboolean opt_host_fallback = FALSE;
 static char *opt_graphics_provider = NULL;
 static char *graphics_provider_mount_point = NULL;
 static gboolean opt_launcher = FALSE;
@@ -1011,9 +1010,6 @@ static GOptionEntry options[] =
     G_OPTION_FLAG_NONE, G_OPTION_ARG_FILENAME, &opt_home,
     "Use HOME as home directory. Implies --unshare-home. "
     "[Default: $PRESSURE_VESSEL_HOME if set]", "HOME" },
-  { "host-fallback", '\0',
-    G_OPTION_FLAG_NONE, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &opt_host_fallback,
-    "Run COMMAND on the host system if we cannot run it in a container.", NULL },
   { "host-ld-preload", '\0',
     G_OPTION_FLAG_NONE, G_OPTION_ARG_CALLBACK, &opt_host_ld_preload_cb,
     "Add MODULE from the host system to LD_PRELOAD when executing COMMAND.",
@@ -1622,72 +1618,27 @@ main (int argc,
       /* Assume "bwrap" to exist in the host system and to be in its PATH */
       bwrap_executable = g_strdup ("bwrap");
 
-      /* If we can't launch a command on the host, just fail.
-       * We don't implement --host-fallback here. */
+      /* If we can't launch a command on the host, just fail. */
       if (!check_launch_on_host (launch_executable, error))
         goto out;
     }
   else
     {
       g_debug ("Checking for bwrap...");
+
+      /* if this fails, it will warn */
       bwrap_executable = check_bwrap (tools_dir, opt_only_prepare);
-    }
 
-  if (opt_test)
-    {
       if (bwrap_executable == NULL)
-        {
-          ret = 1;
-          goto out;
-        }
-      else
-        {
-          g_debug ("OK (%s)", bwrap_executable);
-          ret = 0;
-          goto out;
-        }
+        goto out;
+
+      g_debug ("OK (%s)", bwrap_executable);
     }
 
-  if (bwrap_executable == NULL)
+  if (opt_test)
     {
-      g_assert (!is_flatpak_env);
-
-      if (opt_host_fallback)
-        {
-          g_message ("Falling back to executing wrapped command directly");
-
-          if (opt_env_if_host != NULL)
-            {
-              for (i = 0; opt_env_if_host[i] != NULL; i++)
-                {
-                  char *equals = strchr (opt_env_if_host[i], '=');
-
-                  g_assert (equals != NULL);
-
-                  *equals = '\0';
-                  flatpak_bwrap_set_env (wrapped_command, opt_env_if_host[i],
-                                         equals + 1, TRUE);
-                }
-            }
-
-          flatpak_bwrap_finish (wrapped_command);
-
-          /* flatpak_bwrap_finish did this */
-          g_assert (g_ptr_array_index (wrapped_command->argv,
-                                       wrapped_command->argv->len - 1) == NULL);
-
-          execvpe (g_ptr_array_index (wrapped_command->argv, 0),
-                   (char * const *) wrapped_command->argv->pdata,
-                   wrapped_command->envp);
-
-          glnx_throw_errno_prefix (error, "execvpe %s",
-                                   (gchar *) g_ptr_array_index (wrapped_command->argv, 0));
-          goto out;
-        }
-      else
-        {
-          goto out;
-        }
+      ret = 0;
+      goto out;
     }
 
   if (!is_flatpak_env)