diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ddd2595..db351dc 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
   Improve support for Python processes running in containers.
 
+  Removed the exclude-empty option.
+
   Bugfix: fixed a bug with the MOJO binary format that caused the line end
   position to wrongly be set to a non-zero value for CPython < 3.11, where line
   end information is not actually available.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 093380d..f036e72 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -330,8 +330,6 @@ requires no instrumentation and has practically no impact on the tracee.
                              https://github.com/P403n1x87/austin/wiki/The-MOJO-file-format
                              for more details.
   -C, --children             Attach to child processes.
-  -e, --exclude-empty        Do not output samples of threads with no frame
-                             stacks.
   -f, --full                 Produce the full set of metrics (time +mem -mem).
   -g, --gc                   Sample the garbage collector state.
   -h, --heap=n_mb            Maximum heap size to allocate to increase sampling
diff --git a/src/argparse.c b/src/argparse.c
index 893e238..3683217 100644
--- a/src/argparse.c
+++ b/src/argparse.c
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ parsed_args_t pargs = {
   /* timeout             */ DEFAULT_INIT_TIMEOUT_MS * 1000,
   /* attach_pid          */ 0,
   /* where               */ 0,
-  /* exclude_empty       */ 0,
   /* sleepless           */ 0,
   /* format              */ (char *) SAMPLE_FORMAT_NORMAL,
   #ifdef NATIVE
@@ -219,10 +218,6 @@ static struct argp_option options[] = {
     "timeout",      't', "n_ms",        0,
     "Start up wait time in milliseconds (default is 100). Accepted units: s, ms."
   },
-  {
-    "exclude-empty",'e', NULL,          0,
-    "Do not output samples of threads with no frame stacks."
-  },
   {
     "sleepless",    's', NULL,          0,
     "Suppress idle samples to estimate CPU time."
@@ -339,10 +334,6 @@ parse_opt (int key, char *arg, struct argp_state *state)
     pargs.binary = 1;
     break;
 
-  case 'e':
-    pargs.exclude_empty = 1;
-    break;
-
   case 's':
     pargs.sleepless = 1;
     break;
@@ -566,8 +557,6 @@ print(";")
 "                             https://github.com/P403n1x87/austin/wiki/The-MOJO-file-format\n"
 "                             for more details.\n"
 "  -C, --children             Attach to child processes.\n"
-"  -e, --exclude-empty        Do not output samples of threads with no frame\n"
-"                             stacks.\n"
 "  -f, --full                 Produce the full set of metrics (time +mem -mem).\n"
 "  -g, --gc                   Sample the garbage collector state.\n"
 "  -h, --heap=n_mb            Maximum heap size to allocate to increase sampling\n"
@@ -602,12 +591,11 @@ for line in check_output(["src/austin", "--usage"]).decode().strip().splitlines(
   print(f'"{line}\\n"')
 print(";")
 ]]]*/
-"Usage: austin [-bCefgmPs?V] [-h n_mb] [-i n_us] [-o FILE] [-p PID] [-t n_ms]\n"
-"            [-w PID] [-x n_sec] [--binary] [--children] [--exclude-empty]\n"
-"            [--full] [--gc] [--heap=n_mb] [--interval=n_us] [--memory]\n"
-"            [--output=FILE] [--pid=PID] [--pipe] [--sleepless] [--timeout=n_ms]\n"
-"            [--where=PID] [--exposure=n_sec] [--help] [--usage] [--version]\n"
-"            command [ARG...]\n"
+"Usage: austin [-bCfgmPs?V] [-h n_mb] [-i n_us] [-o FILE] [-p PID] [-t n_ms]\n"
+"            [-w PID] [-x n_sec] [--binary] [--children] [--full] [--gc]\n"
+"            [--heap=n_mb] [--interval=n_us] [--memory] [--output=FILE]\n"
+"            [--pid=PID] [--pipe] [--sleepless] [--timeout=n_ms] [--where=PID]\n"
+"            [--exposure=n_sec] [--help] [--usage] [--version] command [ARG...]\n"
 ;
 /*[[[end]]]*/
 
@@ -686,10 +674,6 @@ cb(const char opt, const char * arg) {
     pargs.binary = 1;
     break;
 
-  case 'e':
-    pargs.exclude_empty = 1;
-    break;
-
   case 's':
     pargs.sleepless = 1;
     break;
diff --git a/src/argparse.h b/src/argparse.h
index cfa791c..4beb847 100644
--- a/src/argparse.h
+++ b/src/argparse.h
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ typedef struct {
   ctime_t   timeout;
   pid_t     attach_pid;
   int       where;
-  int       exclude_empty;
   int       sleepless;
   char    * format;
   #ifdef NATIVE
diff --git a/src/austin.1 b/src/austin.1
index 1294157..5d1433b 100644
--- a/src/austin.1
+++ b/src/austin.1
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.47.13.
-.TH AUSTIN "1" "October 2023" "austin 3.6.0" "User Commands"
+.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.49.3.
+.TH AUSTIN "1" "February 2024" "austin 3.7.0" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 austin \- Frame stack sampler for CPython
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -18,10 +18,6 @@ for more details.
 \fB\-C\fR, \fB\-\-children\fR
 Attach to child processes.
 .TP
-\fB\-e\fR, \fB\-\-exclude\-empty\fR
-Do not output samples of threads with no frame
-stacks.
-.TP
 \fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-full\fR
 Produce the full set of metrics (time +mem \fB\-mem\fR).
 .TP
diff --git a/src/py_thread.c b/src/py_thread.c
index 3c43bf2..256ffbd 100644
--- a/src/py_thread.c
+++ b/src/py_thread.c
@@ -894,10 +894,6 @@ py_thread__emit_collapsed_stack(py_thread_t * self, int64_t interp_id, ctime_t t
   if (self->invalid)
     return;
 
-  if (pargs.exclude_empty && stack_is_empty())
-    // Skip if thread has no frames and we want to exclude empty threads
-    return;
-
   if (mem_delta == 0 && time_delta == 0)
     return;